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I 


A GLIMPSE 

... AT THE ... 

PROGRESS OF OWENSBORO 


A Sketch of the History and a Few Facts 

Concerning its Past, Present and Future 


ILLUSTRATIONS OF A FEW OF THE MOST PROMINENT BUILDINGS AND 

RESIDENCES 


A Souvenir of a Prosperous City 


OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 

1903 

COMPILED BY 

MACK PAYNE AND C. O. DUFFY 


UtDEXO) 











THE library of 

CONGRESS, 

Two Copies Received 

FEB 15 1904 

. Copyright Entry 

GjXr./f-tqm- 
CLASS XXo, N«. 

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COPY A. 




• PREFACE • 


I N PRESENTING this book to the public we have tried to avoid all appear¬ 
ances of booming our city. It is simply a desire to publish a few facts of 
—— our numerous resources and advantages, that will enable the world to get a 
glimpse of the present prosperity and the bright outlook of the future of 
Owensboro. We have confined ourselves to facts that can be easily substantiated. 

We have a city that has the brightest future of any in Kentucky. It has a 
substantial growth. Property commands good prices, and our real estate dealers 
are finding ready buyers for all kinds of property. Money can easily be borrowed. 
Houses can be built and paid for on easy terms. Our merchants are doing good 
business, and the indications of progress are on every hand. 

The country around Owensboro has a wealth of mineral resources which 
only awaits additional capital to develop it. 

Coal, timber and stone, also clay, for making vitralized brick, and numerous 
other things which only need to be developed to make Owensboro one of the 
largest shipping points and the greatest manufacturing city in the South. 

The eyes of the capitalists are upon us, and Owensboro is destined at no 
distant day to take the lead in the march of progress of the commercial cities of 
the South. 

Our manufacturers are already unable to meet the demands of the trade with 
their present facilities, and preparations are being made to enlarge their capacities 
at an outlay of several hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

This pamphlet contains only a few cuts of our many prominent business 
houses, manufacturing industries, distilleries, residences, educational institutions 
and churches, and you are invited to visit our city and see and investigate for 
yourself, and join us in the tide of progress and prosperity. 

PUBLISHERS. 






















MARTIN YEWELL, Mayor 




JNO. G. DELKER, Mayor Pro Tcm. 


GEO. W. JOLLY, City Attorney 






















CITY COUNCIL MEN 

W HEN Councilman Charles F. McCarroll, the handsome and popular 
representative of the Fourth Ward of the city of Owensboro, was 
solicited'for his picture to embellish the galaxy of distinguished Kentuckians 
in the pages of Illustrated Owensboro, he courteously, but firmly, refused. 
He intimated that he had never had the nerve in his younger days to face a 
camera, and now that he was gray and beginning to be bald-headed (prema¬ 
turely, of course), he could not afford to indulge in such flippant pastimes as 
looking pleasant just to be done up in half-tones. 

The Illustrated Owensboro man insisted that all prominent citizens 
had their pictures in the papers these days, and mentioned Czolgosz and Jim 
Howard and LaVegas Clements and Willard Mitchell and a host of others, 
and also cited the fact that when it came to polished domes of thought Mr. 
McCarroll wasn’t even in the also ran class with Judge Jo Stirman and 
Judge Firman Birkhead and Judge Atchison, none of whom ever objected to 
having their depilated tops exposed in the newspapers. But Councilman 
McCarroll was obdurate, and so strategy was resorted to; and, of course, the 
newspaper man won out. He offered five dollars for a good negative of the 
member from the Fourth Ward, and soon every amateur camera fiend in town 
and several professionals were lurking about corners and dodging behind 
tree-boxes, trying to snap-shot the tall councilman. The honor of success¬ 
fully pressing the button on him fell to the lot of Chris Brabant, who not 
only got one good negative, but three, all unknown to the good-natured 


COUNCILMAN CHAS. F. McCARROLL 


victim. In one of the snap-shots which we present it will be 
noticed that Mr. McCarroll is being “held up” at the court 
house door. Mr. McCarroll was foreman of the recent U. S. 
Court grand jury, and as he was leaving the court house Presi¬ 
dent Sam Ewing, of the Farmers’ Institute, engaged him on 
one side in an animated argument as to the best time to trim 
turnip bushes, while Mr. Mack Payne talked insurance into 
the other ear. It was then that the photographer, with his 
camera wrapped in an old gunny sack, got in his work. 

And that is how Councilman McCarroll’s picture got into 
Illustrated Owensboro. 

Charles F. McCarroll is a native of Hopkinsville, Ky., and 
was born some time about a half a century ago. He says it was 
only a quarter of a century, but that is a palpable underestimate, 
as he came to Owensboro twenty-five years ago to engage in the 
revenue service, and he resembled anything but a yearling then. 
He was a partner in the old wholesale liquor firm of Brown, Mc¬ 
Carroll & Co., but for a number of years last past has been a 
member of the successful insurance firm of Wandling, Mc¬ 
Carroll & Co. 

He was elected to the city council in 1901, and has been 
conspicuous for his clear-headed, conservative and practical 
course, particularly as a member of the important Park and 
Lower-town street committees. He is an expert accountant, 
and one of Owensboro’s representative business man. Both he 
and his charming wife, who was Miss Lina Shipp, are favorites 
in social circles. 

Mr. McCarroll is over six feet tall, straight as an arrow, and 
of distinguished appearance. He is popular among all classes, 
and though a republican, his name has been frequently men¬ 
tioned for mayor, with the assurance that he would receive a 
generous support from those of other parties than his own. 















































The P rogress of Owensboro 


T HE former citizen of Owensboro 
who returns to his old home after 
an absence of five years is unable to 
realize the changes that have taken 
place in that brief time, and if his ab¬ 
sence extends over a period of ten years 
he is able to recognize nothing but the 
oldest landmarks. He remembers the 
streets of virgin loam and he finds the 
principal business thoroughfares of as¬ 
phalt and the residence quarters hand¬ 
somely macadamized. He recalls the 
ditches at the sides of the streets, filled 
with water or mud, green with scum 
and vegetation and redolent of filth, and 
he finds artificial stone gutters leading at 
every corner into ample sewers. His 
mind reverts to the dumpy little street 
cars drawn by one mule, or in muddy 
weather or on special occasions by two, 
and these succeeded by a makeshift 



MAIN AND FREDERICA, 1893 



MAIN AND FREDERICA, 1903 


electric line with ram¬ 
shackle cars, and now he 
rides to his home or to 
his place of busines in 
handsome vestibule cars, 
heated by electricity, and 
running at double their 
former speed. Formerly 
if he ventured on the 
streets at night, except in 
the business section, a 
lantern was a prime ne¬ 
cessity, but now there is 
a brilliant arc light on 
every corner, and not a 
dark place in the city. 
In his home he was 
forced to rely on kero¬ 
sene, with trouble, dirt 
and danger, or else, if he 
lived in a favored local¬ 
ity, on gas, but now the 





























































































humblest home may be lighted with the 
incandescent lamps at a price within the 
reach of any man who can afford an 
artificial light at all. He was probably 
forced to go away from home to get 
work, the few factories always being 
over-supplied with hands, but now he 
comes back and finds a job waiting with 
open arms to receive him. He left four 
or five factories, employing probably 
two hundred men, but now he finds 
them by the score and giving constant 
work to more than a thousand. He 
left the women and girls shut out of all 


places except the kitchen and the store, 
and he finds them in the offices and 
factories in numbers greater than the 
men of ten years ago. He sees the 
fields of other days covered with hand¬ 
some homes and the waste places occu¬ 
pied by factories. He finds that the 
school population has almost, and the 
attendance on the city schools, quite 
doubled. He finds the teaching force 
greatly augmented in numbers and in¬ 
creased in efficiency. He finds the 
banking capital greatly in excess of for¬ 
mer figures and the deposits almost 


trebled. Instead of country stores he 
finds vast city stocks of merchandise on 
which not only the people of the city 
but of a vast surrounding country de¬ 
pend for their supplies. He finds that 
the consumption of fuel has quadrupled 
while it has not increased in price, being- 
cheaper than in any other place in the 
country and more accessible than any¬ 
where else. He finds the products of 
the factories, which formerly supplied 
little more than the local demand, now 
being shipped all over the country, and 
in some cases all over the world. He 



LOOKING EAST FROM COURT HOUSE 


left in a time of business depression and 
sorrow, when ruin stared many men in 
the face, and he returns to a people who 
are prosperous and happy, where every 
man in business is making money and 
where every man who works for an¬ 
other is getting good wages and all the 
work he cares to do. He left many idle 
and he finds everybody busy. He left a 
community that seemed to be out of 
step with progress, and he finds that a 
lively movement is necessary to keep in 
sight of the procession. He could not 
then get money for any sort of enter¬ 


prise, but now he has only to mention a 
good thing to hear the silver shout of 
the shekels as they chase each other in 
their eagerness to get in on the ground 
floor. When he left he had to depend 
on outside newspapers for all the news, 
except local items, and this was given to 
him in the briefest form in small, poorly 
printed home dailies. Now the entire 
telegraphic and local fields are covered 
thoroughly by the Inquirer, and the news 
delivered fresh every afternoon and Sun¬ 
day morning to the people of the city 
and adjacent towns. This paper, since 


coming under the ownership and man¬ 
agement of its present publisher, Mr. W. 
Q. Adams, less than seven years ago, 
has even grown more rapidly than the 
city, and is now a modern daily of from 
eight to sixteen pages, seven columns to 
page. It was through the Inquirer’s in¬ 
fluence and efforts that municipal own¬ 
ership of water works and electric light 
plant was secured, that the street bonds 
were voted and improved streets laid, 
that the toll roads of the county were 
voted to be purchased and were made 
free, and that the non-partisan business 













men’s council, which has made Owens¬ 
boro what it is today, was elected. 

There is no department that goes to 
make up the modern city in which 
Owensboro does not excell. There are 
few places that offer superior advantages 
to enterprise of every kind and more 
than surpass her in the opportunities 
that she offers for business, for manufac¬ 
tures or for social and educational ad¬ 


vantages. There is no place that makes 
a greater exhibition of public spirit. The 
knocker is unknown except in the shop 
of the mechanic, and there he is busy 
knocking dollars out of raw material. 
Speaking of raw material brings to mind 
that it is at the doors of Owensboro in 
endless variety. With the exception of 
iron and steel there is nothing that has 
to be brought from a distance. Coal, 


clay and timber are procured within 
hearing distance of the whistles of the 
factories where they are worked. 

The progress made by Owensboro 
within the period named is greater than 
all that was accomplished in all the 
years before, and the prophecies that are 
made for her in the decade to come, and 
which cannot fail of realization, will 
make the past look small, indeed. 



LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM COURT HOUSE 














LOOKING WEST FROM COURT HOUSE 












Geo. P. Meisenheimer 

Chief of Police 



Police 

Department 


The Police Department is 
presided over by Chief Geo. P. 
Meisenheimer, who has fifteen 
patrolmen under his charge, 
and, to take his word for it, 
there is less law-breaking in 
the city of Owensboro than 
any other city of its size in the 
United States. A City Judge 
and Prosecuting Attorney are 
also connected with this de¬ 
partment. 



“GINGER” 













POLICE GROUP 


Owensboro, Ky., perhaps is exceptionally fortunate among her 
sister cities in the efficiency of her police force. While the city 
has ever been proud of its peace officers under former administra¬ 
tions, under the present regime and under the careful control of 
Chief of Police Meisenheimer, the system is as near perfect as is 
ever reached, and law and good order prevail to such an extent that 
it has become the boast of all the citizens. Evil-doers of every 
class and craft look upon Owensboro as dangerous ground upon 
which to ply their nefarious schemes, knowing that when attempted 
are sure to be detected and rarely or never go unwhipped of justice. 

The present force, appointed January 1, 1903, by Mayor Martin 
Yewell, consists of the following tried, true and brave men: 


Geo. P. Meisenheimer, Chief. 
Menter Bennett, 

J. C. Dawson, 

T. W. May, 

J. W. Rhodes, 

J. W. Myrick, 

Chas. Munday, 

John Lyons, 


Herman Pryor, 
Fred Ambrose, 
W. L. Lyod, 
William Yates, 
Robt. Cummins, 
Tom Ellis, 

Seth Burdette, 
Joe Hagan. 


Each of the patrolmen are handsome, sturdy and courageous, 
and of such physique as would adorn the Broadway squad of 
Greater New York. With such guardians of the peace as at 
present watch over the city, Owensboro feels secure and sleeps the 
slep of the righteous. 



























JUDGE JOSEPH S. STIRMAN 

Judge Joseph S. Stirman was reared in the City of Owensboro, 
where he was born November 22, 1860. He is son of the late Dr. W. 

D. Stirman and Rachael A. Stirman. After attending the City 
Schools he became a student of the Indiana State University at 
Bloomington. Later he took a course at Vanderbilt University at 
Nashville, Tenn. Soon after finishing college he was admitted to 
the Owensboro bar. On May 17, 1892, he was married to Miss Mattie 

E. Lumpkin, of Carlinville, Ill. 

Judge Stirman has always been a staunch Democrat and has taken 
much interest in local politics. In November, 1900, he was elected 
Judge of City Court to fill out an unexpired term of one year. In 
1901 he was re-elected to the same position for a term of four years. 
As Judge of the City Court he has enforced the laws of the city 



ELLIOTT B. MASON 


Elliott B. Mason, Prosecuting Attorney of the City of Owens¬ 
boro, is a young man who has the confidence of the entire public. 
He pursues crime without harshness, but he rarely fails to secure 
such penalties for violations of the law as are most conducive to its 
observance. His official conduct is irreproachable. He enjoys a 
good general practice, although the most of his time is taken up 
with the duties of his office. 


without fear or favor. His firmness of decision and strict discipline 
has done much to inspire public confidence. At no time in the 
history of the city have the criminal classes been kept in better 
subjection to law and order than since Judge Stirman has presided 
over the City Court. 



CITY COURT 
































































E. H. BRAIDENBACH 
Supt. City Electric Light Works 



CITY CLERK 


William M. O’Bryan, was elected City Clerk in December, 
1899, and re-elected in December 1901, he is Grand Vice Regent, 
Royal Arcanum of Kentucky, and is a Past Exalted Ruler of 
Owensboro Lodge No. 144 B. P. O. Elks. 



J. BERTRAM RILEY 
City Light Inspector 



MISS CECILIA ARNOLD, Assistant City Clerk 

Miss Cecilia Arnold is the efficient Assistant City Clerk of 
the city of Owensboro. She is a young lady of charming person¬ 
ality. Her modesty is exceeded only by the ability with which she 
discharges the duties of her position. Her records are faultless, 
beautiful and kept with the neatness and order that are her char¬ 
acteristics. She is the daughter of Mrs. Sophia Arnold, of Bolivar 
Street, and has a wide circle of devoted friends. 




E. B. SHIFLEY, City Engineer 


J. E. DAWSON, Asst. City Engineer 


























OSTEOPATHY 



DR. ALICE COFFMAN 





I N giving a history of this city and its enterprises, together 
with its professions, we would be untrue to our mission 
should we fail to give an account of the introduction and per- 
manent establishment of the Osteopathic system of treatment 
and cure of disease. 

This science, like other great discoveries, had its days of 
trial. Based upon a thorough and minute knowledge of 
anatomy, physiology and kindred sciences, this new ( child of 
scientific research has grown to manhood. 

In the year 1874, Dr. A. T. Still, a practitioner of the old 
school of medicine, became dissatisfied with results from the 
administration of drugs as a cure for disease, and, searching 
for a better and more scientific way to health, made the dis¬ 
covery that nature was cured by nature in accordance with 
the application of her own laws. He said “that the body was 
an organism that contains within itself the best 
of all restorative and curative powers,” and 
“that disease was not a mysterious, unknowa- 


DR. A. H. LILLARD 


ble something, but that it was a result brought 
about by an interference in the circulation of 
the vital fluids of the body.” 

Dr. Still re-enunciated the Confucian idea 
of disease, “one cause, one cure,” namely, 
“congestion and circulation.” But as the cir¬ 
culation of all the fluids of life are under the 
control of the nervous system, he reasoned that 
there must be some interference with the 
nervous system before there conld be a dis¬ 
turbance in the circulation. 

Reasoning thus, he founded the osteopathic 


DR. K. W. COFFMAN 
cessful and permanent basis. Associated with them, at 219 
East Fourth Street, is Dr. A. H. Lillard, who has been in 
our city two years. 


science, the basis of which is to remove the 
obstruction to the nervous structure by a 
system of mechanical manipulations and nature 
would produce the cure. 

The first college was chartered by the State 
of Missouri in 1892. So rapid has been the 
growth of the system and so great the demand 
for its practitioners that now there are twelve 
colleges teaching its principles and three thous¬ 
and practicing physicians. 

In the year 1899 Drs. Coffman & Coffman 
came to our city. As is the case with all new 
discoveries, there was much prejudice and op¬ 
position. But by faithful work these worthy 
physicians have placed osteopathy upon a suc- 



Hundreds of our citizens have taken treatment of these 
physicians with such gratifying results that osteopathic 
influence has grown until the field has ripened for more 
physicians of this school, and now Drs. Miller and Miller 
have located here at 502 Daviess Street. We predict for 
them a practice worthy of their highest appreciation. 

Osteopathic practice in Owensboro has been so success¬ 
ful in curing such a variety of conditions, not only of a 
chronic character but of the acute as well, that we feel safe 
in saying that the system is permanently established in 
our midst. 


DR. MITCHELL MILLER 


DR. MINNIE STANLEY MILLER 






















ENGINE HOUSE No. 1 

The Fire Department, presided over by Chas. I. Clark, is considered to be one of the best in the State, being fully equipped with the 
most approved apparatus, electric alarms, etc., including a chemical engine, hose, ladders, wagons and patent appliances for insuring speed 
and safety. They have two handsome engine houses in different parts of the city, and a corps of men who are veterans in the service. 



FIREMEN, No. 1 ENGINE HOUSE 


































ENGINE HOUSE No. 2 





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THE 


HOSPITAL 


CITY 


T HE pushing, prosperous, progressive citizen has little time to 
think of getting sick, but when affliction overtakes him his 
one thought is of getting well, so that he may resume his career of 
toiling, striving and planning for the business of life. To him 
illness is nothing but the record of suffering, more or less acute, with 
consequent loss of time from business and the mul¬ 
tiplied inconveniences of the sick bed, all of which 
is compensated for in some degree by the solici¬ 
tude of friends and the interested attention of 
nurses and physicians. When the poor man gets 
sick there is a different tale to tell. The plow 
stops, or the hammer lies idle on the anvil, or the 
hum of his machine makes music to other ears. 

Bread may be wanting and the doctor and his 
medicine may be quite out of reach. Illness is 
always a misfortune, whether it comes to rich or 
poor, and every avenue of escape from it is care¬ 
fully explored, and if available it is followed 
assiduously until it emerges into the sunlight of 
health and its consequent happiness. 

Among all the inventions and discoveries 
those for the prevention and cure of disease or 
even the amelioration of its distressing symptoms 
are more gladly hailed than any other, and 
among all that has been done for suffering hu¬ 
manity there is not much that takes precedence 
of the modern hospital. Here are found the 
most attractive surroundings, the brightest and 
most pleasant rooms, the snowest beds, the most 
patient and cheerful nurses, the most skillful 
physicians and the most ingenius appliances, all contributing to 
metamorphose a bed of pain as nearly as possible into a couch of 
pleasure. This is the modern hospital, such as is conducted by the 
city of Owensboro. Here the sick man, with money at his hand, 
finds comforts and conveniences that are not surpasssed in his 
home, attention that his 
money could not buy nor af¬ 
fection bestow outside the 
walls of such an institution, 
and the physician of his 
choice to minister to his 
needs. It is almost a luxury 
to him to be sick, but he has 
none the best of it with the 
poor man. The same sweet¬ 
faced, soft-voiced nurse at¬ 
tends the one as the other, 
the same skill is exerted to 
relieve his sufferings and to 
soothe his restless moments, 
and in every way he is made 
to feel that his lack of money 
does not diminish in any way 
the means and methods em¬ 
ployed to make a well man 
of him. 

The dread of the hospital, 
which formerly made people 
prefer possible death at home 
to probable recovery in “the 
building with white-washed 
walls,” has entirely passed away under the influence of the modern 
home of heating, whether managed by private interest or conducted 
by public benificence. If the country were searched over nothing 
superior to the Owensboro City Hospital could be found, and we 
fear that many places of the kind could not compare with it in any 


way. It is perfect in all its appointments. Its many rooms are 
large and airy, with more than the comforts of the home and with a 
system of nursing that frequently works seeming miracles in restor¬ 
ing health to those who had given up hope of it, and in relieving 
suffering that had become greater than the human frame could bear. 

Many years ago the German School Associa¬ 
tion was formed for the purpose of furnishing 
free education to poor children of German parent¬ 
age, the public school system of that day afford¬ 
ing no advantage commensurate with their needs. 
A considerable fund was raised, but when the 
present admirable school system was formed 
there was no further need of it. The money was 
invested for a number of years, and at last an 
agreement was made with the city for the estab¬ 
lishment of the City Hospital. The handsome 
Smith property, consisting of a spacious resi¬ 
dence and eight acres of ground, was bought and 
a large sum expended for the purpose of erecting 
buildings and improving the grounds. The re¬ 
sult is a splendid structure exactly suited for the 
use to which it is devoted, and which is being 
enlarged from time to time as the growth of the 
city demands. 

The main portion of the hospital was built in 
1899, though additions have since been made. 
The first board of trustees was composed of 
Mayor W. P. Small, chairman, and Messrs. B. 
Baer, Charles Werner, John L. Neubauer, A. 
Steitler, Jr., W. H. Owen and Martin Yewell. 
The present board is composed of Mayor Martin Yewell, chairman, 
and Messrs. W. H. Owen, Charles Werner, A. Steitler, Jr., Louis 
D. Baer, Charles Deuser, Hugh Gilbert and Mrs. Ella Green Davis, 

a lady of the highest skill and long experience. Dr.- 

is the resident physician, though all of the physicians of the city 

tender their services when¬ 
ever called upon. The num¬ 
ber of patients is always 
large, and the results in 
every way are most satisfac¬ 
tory. The administration is 
kept entirely free from pol¬ 
itics and every other evil 
influence, so that the high¬ 
est measure of efficiency is 
maintained at all times. 

The income of the insti¬ 
tution is derived in three 
ways—from the remains of 
the German association fund, 
from liberal appropriations 
by the city council and 
from the amounts paid by 
patients who are able to de¬ 
fray their expenses. 

The institution is on a most satisfactory basis, and stands 
as a monument to Owensboro’s pride, progress and humanity. 
Every one who has visited the place is enthusiastic over it and 
what it has accomplished, which is regarded as only a foretaste of 
what is to be done in future years. 



B. BAER 



CITY HOSPITAL 




























W. H.OWEN 


CHA5. WERNER 


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c^E\TLER. 


CHAS. DEU5ER 


HOSPITAL COMMITTEE 


HUGH GILBERT 


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H ISTORY shows that tobacco was introduced to the knowledge 
of civilized nations upon the discovery of America, where it 
was found in use by the natives of both islands and the continent as 
far north as Virginia, and its consumption has steadily increased 
until a great army of men are engaged in handling the weed, which 
this tobacco district alone produces yearly, but this great growth 
would lay as a burden upon the market were it not for the manu¬ 
facturers who put it in a palatable condition for the consumer. 

The tobacco interests of Owensboro have given the city a repu¬ 
tation all over the world. The annual output of the stemmeries 


gives permanence and stability to the business in Owensboro which 
other sections do not enjoy. The tobacco raised here is known as 
Green River tobacco and is very choice. Burley tobacco is the 
only other quality which is equally as good and heretofore it has 
been raised mostly in the blue grass region of Kentucky, but in the 
last two years the farmers near Owensboro have found that they 
can raise it to great advantage. This has given a still greater 
impetus to the trade here and has enabled the farmers to realize 
still better prices. 

With the facilities forjtransportation in every direction, Owens- 



which are shown on this page will aggregate the enormous amount 
of 40,000,000 pounds. A large portion of this is shipped by the 
different firms to these factories in other sections. The Continental 
Tobacco Co. sends about 2,500,000 pounds yearly to their Louisville 
factories. The American Tobacco Co. sends 4,000,000 pounds to 
their factories in different parts of the country, while Leggett & 
Meyers and P. Lorillard ship out about 1,000,000 pounds each to 
their factories. From 8,000 to 9,000 hogsheads are shipped by the 
other stemmeries direct to Liverpool, London and Glasgow. 

The tobacco raised in this section is used for purposes for 
which no other qualities can be found in this country and hence it 


boro offers the best market in the state, and the present crop is 
considered one of the largest and best ever raised in this section. 
The farmer each year puts a better grade of tobacco on the market 
and in better shape and order, and it may be set down as a truism, 
that the more faithful and intelligent labor and care bestowed on a 
crop, the greater the profit to the producer. If the farmer would 
bestow the same care in packing his tobacco as the re-handler, he 
would save to himself the profit which goes to other persons. 

The proximity of Owensboro to the tobacco fields fixes it as the 
chief market for tobacco in this section as long as tobacco shall be 
grown in the country. 





















BRANCH RE-HANDLERS’ FACTORY OF GALLAHER LIMITED 
Tobacco Manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland. Independent of any Trust. Eighteen Branches in this Country. 
























AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY 



AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.— View 1 


T N 1892 there were in this city about twenty-five tobacco ware¬ 
houses and stemmeries, with a capacity of about 15,000 hogs¬ 
heads a year, but at the opening of the season this year there were 
over thirty-five factories put in operation. This increase in num¬ 
bers of factories does not measure the increase in capacity by any 
means, for of all those twenty-five factories of 1892 very few are 
standing at the present time, and the capacity of those that are 
still in operation has been increased almost fifty per cent., and in 
place of enlarging the old buildings the owners and operators have 
been enterprising enough to build new and larger factories, 


equipped with improved machinery, which has increased the annual 
outp.ut from the 15,000 hogsheads of 1892 to over 25,000 hogsheads, 
which will be shipped from this city this season destined for Liver¬ 
pool and London and a very few for Bremen. Besides these great 
shipments of packed tobacco, more loose tobacco is sold in this city 
than in any other city in the world, and better prices are received 
and better quality for the varieties of the weed sold, than at any 
other market. With all these heavy sales very little tobacco is 
made ready for the market at this place however, the majority of it 
being manufactured in foreign localities. 





















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AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.— View 2 



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Mack Payne Printing Company 


- - THE LEADING 

PRINTERS AND RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURERS 

OF OWENSBORO 



OFFICE AND WORK ROOM MACK PAYNE PRINTING COMPANY 


T HE above illustration shows the office and work room of The 
Mack Payne Printing Company, the most popular and pro¬ 
gressive Printers and Rubber Stamp Manufacturers of this city. 
They were established in 1892, and are one of the many business 
firms that have helped to make Owensboro the coming city of Ken¬ 
tucky. They are located at 111 West Third Street, where they are 
ever ready to attend to your wants in printing or rubber stamps. 

Their printing department is equipped with up-to-date type, 
the latest and most improved machinery and the best workmen in 
the business. 

Advertising for the business man is their special feature of 
this department, and are fully equipped to produce high-grade 
printing at a minimum cost. “Any old thing” will not do for the 
progressive business man that advertises, (and a business man who 
does not advertise is surely not progressive.) To cure cobwebs, 
advertising is necessary, and as long as it is necessary, it must be 
used to its full advantage. 


A nail squarely hit on the head, and well driven, ^will hold 
better than the one bent in driving. One point remembered is 
better than ten forgotten. 

Poor advertising has paid, and always will pay, for give any 
advertising any chance and it will bring returns. It is simply a 
question of making advertising pay better. If poor advertising pays 
it is all the more reasonable that good advertising should be resorted 
to, that it may pay better. 

Their aim is to furnish the very best printing possible, using 
latest styles of type and a neatness in composition that is striking. 

Their facilities for manufacturing rubber stamps is complete in 
every detail. They have a man at the head of this department that 
thoroughly understands his business, and all orders, large or small, 
will receive prompt attention. 

They also carry a complete stock of Rubber Stamp Ink, Pads, 
Seals, Stencils, Monogram Seals, Rubber Type, etc. 






























Five Acres Under Roof 
Twenty-five Acres in Runs 
Five Hundred Acres in Range 
Five Thousand Raised Each Year 


C. 0. DUFFY 


We Sell You the Birds—they do 
the Rest 

They Have Won for Others 
Why not for You? 


Largest Breeder White Plymouth 


Rocks in the World* 


«£ Owensboro, Ky* 


A FEW TESTIMONIALS 


Sennett, N. Y. 

Mr. c. o. Duffy: 

The birds arrived O. K. August*20th, and 
are highly satisfactory. Trusting to have 
more orders for you soon, I am, 

Dr. Chas. R. Stever. 


Louisville, Ky. 

Mr. 0. O. Duffy: 

Hatched 15 chicks from 15Jeggs ‘you sent. 
Am certainly well pleased. 

2382 Market St. G. R. Randkll. 


Reinbach, Iowa. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

The two settings of eggs received. I thank 
you very much for replacing broken eggs. 
Respectfully, 

Mrs. F. C. Erickson. 


. Adairville, Ky. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy': 

Trio of birds arrived today. They are 
beauties. You will hear from me again. 
Respectfully, 

Mrs. Herdon Conn. 


Denison, Texas. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

White Rocks came today. They are cer¬ 
tainly good ones, and I will do all I can for 
your noble birds. Respectfully, 

126 Hall St. B. A. Donald. 


Hopkinsville, Ky. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

The five birds came day before yesterday, 
and am well pleased with them. 

Respectfully, 

J. C. O’BRYAN. 


Louisville, Ky. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy : 

The Rocks reached us safely and all seems 
to be O. K. The male bird is certainly a 
grand one, and I have named him “Chester¬ 
field” on account of his extreme politeness 
in the yard. Respectfully, 

Mrs. E. L. Evans. 
1825 Twenty-seventh St. 



A FEW TESTIMONIALS 


HARDY’ & MORGAN, 

druggists. Camden, Arkansas. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy : 

The birds arrived all O. K. today. I am 
well pleased with them. 

O. H. Hardy. 


San Antonio, Texas. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

Birds received. Am well pleased with 
them. 

Robt. Thompson. 


Springfield, Mo. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

To say I am pleased with my Rocks is 
putting it very mild. 

Thos. F. Riley. 


Albany,Ga. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

I raised 85 chickens from the 100 eggs I 
bought of you last April. Three Yvere 
cracked when they arrived, nine dead in 
shell and only three infertile. 

Dr. J. G. Bennett. 


Louisville, Ky. 

Mr. C. O. Duffy: 

The last basket of eggs received in first- 
class condition, and I wish to thank you for 
jour kindness in the matter. 

108 Third St. Jno. H. Hoffman. 

Note—T he above Yvas in answer to a 
shipment of eggs smashed by the express 
company. 


Germantown, Ky. 


Mr. C. O. Duffy*: 

The trio of birds are fine. Showed them 
three times and won three firsts. 

Respectfully, 

J. L McDowell. 


Mr. C. O. Duffy*: 

The one thousand (10001 pullets we bought 
of you last fall have proven themselves ex¬ 
ceptionally fine layers, and we will be in the 
market for 500 more this fall. 

Y’ours truly, 

Fairview Egg Farm. 



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to start housekeeping you will make 
a wise move by buying your Furni¬ 
ture from us — Furniture for the 
parlor, furniture for the kitchen, 
Bedroom Suites, Dining Room 
Equipment, Hall, Library—whatever 
you require in furniture is here, 
comfortable, stylish, substantial, rea¬ 
sonably priced. This is an invitation 
to call. : : : . : 



W. L. YANCEY FURNITURE CO. 


209 Allen Street—100 West Main Street : : OWENSBORO, KY. 



ESTABLISHED 1883 

OWENSBORO 
WHEEL CO. 


OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 


I S ONE of I he oldest manufacturing concerns in the community, and in propor¬ 
tion to the amount of business transacted has probably contributed more to the 
growth and prosperity of the city than any other manufacturing establishment in the 
place, for the reason that (until recently) nearly all of the product has been sold away 
from home, thus bringing money here from other places, while all of the raw material 
has been bought in this county, or in territory contributary to Owensboro, and the labor 
employed in working up the raw material into finished product has been paid to home 
men, thus keeping the money here after it was brought here. 

From a small beginning the business has increased to very respectable proportions. 
Although, owing to the rapid expansion of the buggy business in Owensboro, they 
now find a market right at home for a large part of their output, they still have a 
surplus to dispose of away from home. The most of their trade is in the South, 
although they have sold wheels all the way from Washington City, D. C., to Seattle, 
Wash. They have made no effort to secure foreign trade, but have furnished wheels 
to be placed on vehicles for exportation. 

Mr. John Reinhardt, the President and General Manager, has lived in Owenboro 
all of his life, and is regarded as one of the solid, substantial business men of the com¬ 
munity. Mr. C. B. Mitchell, the Secretary, who has charge of the office and the finances 
of the company, is too well known to require even a passing notice. 

The manufacturing department is presided over by Mr. Geo. M. Scott, a thor¬ 
oughly competent and practical vehicle and wheel man of long experience. 

Mr. Amos Kibbe, the traveling man, is well and favorably known throughout the 
entire South as an energetic and successful salesman. Besides Mr. Kibbe, who travels 
directly from the house, Mr. B. B. Lynch, of Baltimore, Md., takes care of their trade 
in the South Atlantic States, and Mr. Hardy Greenwood, of San Antonio, represents 
them in the great State of Texas. 





































FREDERICA STREET— Looking North from White’s Avenue 



ALLEN STREET— Looking North from Grace 













































“The D octors” of Owensboro 


r T' , HE medical profession of Owensboro is of the highest stand- 
* ard. It matters not whether the measure is the conception of 
the idea which pictures the ingenious surgeon, the crafty specialist 
or the plodding theraputician. 

The exponent of proficiency in every line which offers relief to 
suffering humanity is the highest—nothing known to the healing 
art of which the profession is not master, and the execution of 
this power is in daily evidence by the increasing number of patients 
from a distance coming to Owensboro to seek relief at the hands of 
her doctors. 

Proficiency does not alone mark the doctor of today, but the 
citizens of Owensboro cherish the memory of those who were 
the guardians of their health at a time when such powers as 
they then possessed meant greatness. The robes which they 
wore shall not trail in the dust of forgetfulness. 

Owensboro has always had good doctors, and their presence 
has turned the rays of sunshine upon social life, formed the 
concrete upon which now stands a superstructure of financial 
strength and have sounded the mellow note of religious fervor. 
The profession has always been composed of men of the highest 
type of citizenship—men who bow to the supremacy of law and 
vie with each other as to who shall receive that commendation 
which is always extended to the bold and chivalric gentleman. 

The doctors of Owensboro are men possessing the unique 
characteristic which makes all feel easy in their presence, sup¬ 
ported by that warmth of heart which debars hesitancy or critical 
investigation. C. C. Lewis. 




DR. STINSON LAMBERT 


Stinson Lambert, M. D., was born on a farm near White Mills, 
Hardin County, Ky., January 31st, 1852. Attended common schools 
and academies of the county and finished an English and scientific 
education from Cecilian and Hambleton Colleges. He began the 
study of medicine in 1872 and graduated with honors from Hospital 
College of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., February 29th, 1879. Was 


chosen by his graduating class to deliver tbe salutatory address. 

Located at Millerstown, Ky., the same year where he engaged 
in extensive practice of surgery and general medicine in Central 
Kentucky, being a pioneer in many capital operations in his field. 
Came to Owensboro, Ky., in 1893. On account of failing health, 
which change soon returned to him, he has permanently located 
m loco. Dr. Lambert was one of the founders of the Hardin County 
Medical Society, is a member of the Fourth Congressional District 
Medical Society, a member of the Ohio Medical and Kentucky State 
Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Association. 
His services are in constant demand. He is 5 feet 8 inches high, 
weighs 180 pounds, and bids fair to be with us many years to come. 



DR. T. W. PERKINS 


Dr. Thornton W. Perkins, the subject of this sketch, although 
a resident of Owensboro but a few months, has made for himself an 
enviable position. When he came here he was almost a total 
stranger, now his friends are legion and he enjoys a very lucrative 
practice. Dr. Perkins was born in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., June 
5, 1875, and is the son of Hon. Ben T. Perkins, the well-known 
lawyer. He attended the graded schools of his native town and 
then entered Vanderbilt Training School. Next he was a student at 
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. Graduating in medi¬ 
cine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, he 
spent two years as Interne in the city hospital of Maryland’s me¬ 
tropolis. Later he was appointed physician to Maryland Hospital 
at.Baltimore, a place he filled with much credit. When the Spanish- 
American war broke out Dr. Perkins offered his services to his 
country, and being accepted was sent to the Philippines, where he 
served in the army as surgeon. When hostilities had ceased Dr. 
Perkins returned to his native land, coming to Owensboro in Sep¬ 
tember, 1902. As a physician and surgeon he enjoys the confidence 
and esteem of the members of his profession as well as the public in 
general. 















DR. J. W. FIELD 

Physician and Surgeon. Born June 13, 1880. Graduate of 
Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., Class of 1901. 
Office, No. 315% Frederica St. 



DR. J. C. HOOVER 

Dr. J. C. Hoover graduated at College of Physicians and Sur¬ 
geons in 1883. He has taken three post graduate courses of study 
in New York City and one in Louisville, Ky., since that time. Dr. 
Hoover is now taking an advanced course of study abroad, and will 
remain in London and Berlin until July of this year. 



DR. EVA BUXTON 

Dr. Eva Buxton was born near Rockport, Ind., and has lived 
in that county all her life, with the exception of the years spent in 
preparation for her life work. Dr. Buxton was graduated from the 
Northwestern University with the degree of M. D. in 1897, and en¬ 
tered immediately upon the practice of her profession in Rockport. 
Preparatory to her medical work she studied for a trained nurse, 
being graduated in 1890 from the Louisville Training School for 
Nurses. She has recently come to Owensboro and is now perma¬ 
nently established in the practice of medicine here. 


DR. G. H. TICHENOR, JR. 

The subject of this sketch is the son of Dr. G. H. Tichenor, of 
New Orleans. He is a graduate of the New Orleans City High 
School, the College of Arts and Sciences and the medical de¬ 
partment of Tulane University and studied in Charity Hospital. 
He was for a time assistant chemist of the city of New Orleans and 
afterwards was elected medical inspector of the Louisiana State 
Board of Health. During 1901 and 1902 he was medical examiner 
and counselor of the Y. M. C. A. of New Orleans, and as quarantine 
officer of that city visited Nicaraugua, Costa Rica, Columbia and 
other countries. He discovered the only known cure for blood poison. 



























Owensboro Lodge No. 144, B. P. O. E. 




C. L. APPLEGATE, Present Exalted Ruler 


C. H. HUGGER, P. E. R. 

O WENSBORO LODGE No. 144, B. P. O. Elks was instituted 
by District Deputy M. J. Burke, March 3, 1891, under the 
auspices of Louisville Lodge No. 8, with a charter list of thirty-one 
of the foremost citizens of the city. The lodge prospered for a 
time, in fact it took about three years for the newness to wear off, 
this, with the burning of the Temple Theatre, then the Elks’ Hall, 
caused the entire membership to lose interest, many dropping out 
entirely. Conditions remained on this line for a couple of years 
longer when social club features dawned upon the seven or eight 
brothers who from time to time drummed up a quorum and held a 
meeting. During one of their meetings the organization of a club 


L. D. BAER, P. E. R. 


T. A. PEDLEY, P. E. R. 

was brought about. From its very inception the hearts of the 
brothers have warmed up, the beauties and advantages of the order 
portrayed, until today Owensboro Lodge No. 144 has the cosiest 
lodge room in the State, a roster of membership of one hundred and 
eighty-odd, with new applicants and additions at every succeeding 
meeting, and a good, healthy financial standing. 

Past Exalted Rulers— J. J. Sweeney, L. D. Baer, W. A. 
Ebbert, T. A. Pedley, Wm. O’Bryan, R. W. Slack, Jno. A. Lyd- 
dane, Geo. Schaad, C. H. Hugger. 

Directors Elks’ Club—C. H. Hugger, President; H. Wile, 
Vice-President; James Jarboe, Secretary; C. A. Hicks, Geo. Schaad. 



























Dr. C. C. 
PHILLIPS 


The subject of this sketch, 

Dr. C. C. Phillips, was born 
and brought up near Boon- 
ville, Ind. After receiving 
the education offered there 
he entered the Indiana Uni¬ 
versity, and from there he 
went to the National School 
of Electro Therapeutics, 
which bestowed upon him 
the degree of M. E. 

From 1897 to ’99 he attended the Barnes Medical College of St. 
Louis, practicing his profession during vacation. The following 
year he spent in the Baltimore Medical College, then sailed for 
Europe, where he entered the London Hospital, where he came in 
contact with some of the best medical talent in the world. Return¬ 
ing to his home State he resumed his practice at Canal, Ind. Then 
he attended the Southwestern Homeopathic Medical College and 
the Louisville City Hospital, from each of which he received a 
degree. 

He again returned to Canal, where he practiced until last No¬ 
vember. Learning of the progressiveness of our city, he moved his 
family to Owensboro, opened an office in the Odd Fellows building, 
and adopted Daviess County as his future home. 


Although still a young man, he has thoroughly equipped him¬ 
self for his profession, and in addition to this his natural affability 
and genteel manners insure for him success and a bright future. 
He is studious, industrious and progressive. He has installed into 
his office the Thermo-Theropy or Dry Hot Air Apparatus, which 
has been used with wonderful results in cases of rheumatism, gout, 
joint affections, skin diseases, ankylosis, sprains, diseases of kidneys, 
syphilis and diseases of women. No one has yet been disappointed 
nor has any one failed to declare he felt better at once after treat¬ 
ment. In fact the apparatus brings right here to sufferers all the 
medicinal virtues of Hot Springs, without the cost or exposure of 
traveling. 


DAVIESS COUNTY TITLE AND ABSTRACT CO. 


This Indenture^ Made the 21st day of June, 1794, between William, Thompson, John and Thomas Mason, sons of George Mason late of 
Gunstom Hall, in the County of Fairfax and Commonwealth of Virginia, deceased, and others of the one part and George Mason of Lexington in the County 
and Commonwealth aforesaid, eldest son of George Mason, deceased, of the other part; 

WHEREAS, The said George Mason, deceased, in his life time since the making of his last will and testament, made entries in, obtained warrants 
from and returned surveys to the land office of said Commonwealth for sundry large tracts of land situated on the waters of the Ohio River, being then parcel 
of the Commonwealth of Virginia, but now lying in the new State of Kentucky, etc., etc. 

Know 3.11 Men by T"hese Presents^ That we, James Madison, Dolly P. Madison and Nelly C. Willis, of the County of Orange 
and State of Virginia, do by these presents constitute and appoint John H. Lee, of the County of Daviess and State of Kentucky, our lawful attorney. 


This 28th of January, in the year 1828. 


< JAMES MADISON. 

( Signed: ) < DOLLY P. MADISON. 

( NELLY C. WILLIS. 


The above is copied from the records in the office of the Daviess 
County Title Company, where more than 45,000 deeds are of record. 
These deeds bear dates extending from 1794 to the current day, and, 
together with the other instruments recorded, constitute a com¬ 
plete history of real estate transactions in Daviess County. Wills, 
mortgages, commissioners’ reports, in short everything pertaining 
to realty that has been placed on the record books or stored in the 
archives of the county appear on the books in this office, and ab¬ 
stracts of title to any tract of land in the county can be furnished 
upon application. The work of copying the records of the county 
clerk’s office has recently been finished and an employe of the com¬ 
pany is kept constantly at the court house for the purpose of keep¬ 
ing abreast of the current transfers. 

The Daviess County Title Company has been incorporated 
under the laws of Kentucky, with a capital stock of $25,000. The 
officers are: James H. Parrish, President; J. T. Griffith, Vice- 


President; Lew Weber, Secretary; J. Otis Parrish, Treasurer; 
Hays & Wells, Attorneys. The company will begin at once the 
erection of a new office building which, when completed, will be one 
of the handsomest buildings in the city of Owensboro. It will be a 
three-story brick structure, forty-seven by one hundred and twenty- 
three feet. The title company will occupy a front room on the 
first floor. 

A feature of this company is the issuance of first mortgage and 
first lien bonds. These bonds are of face values ranging from $100 
to $1,000, are payable in five years, bear interest payable semi¬ 
annually, and are negotiable. Money will be advanced in popular 
amounts on any realty in Owensboro and Daviess County. 

The insurance agency of Parrish, Field and Weber has its 
headquarters in the office of the Daviess County Tile Company. 
This agency represents the leading companies in fire, tornado, ac¬ 
cident and health insurance. 











































































































THE PROGRESS OF DENTISTRY 


A FEW centuries ago the people of the civilized world little 
dreamed that the crude universal twister used to remove of¬ 
fending teeth would evolute into the graceful forcep used today; 
that instead of suffering the torment accompanying the operation 
you would be lead into an enchanted land through the simple in¬ 
haling of a harmless gas and return happy in the promise of peace¬ 
ful nights once more; that from some crudely constructed pick used 
to remove debris from over a sensitive nerve, would be devised the 
wonderful little excavators, which make temporary enemies but 
permanent friends of the dentists’ victims; and so on from the 
wooden tooth carved by some genius to fit into a root hollowed by 
decay to the neatly baked porcelain crown, which deceives even the 
dentist himself in natural appearance, performing the perfect work 
of an incisos or masticator; from an accidental forcing of some 
hard substance into a cavity so as to relieve the pressure from the 
suffering nerve to the permanent filling today made easy of con¬ 
struction by the help or means of advanced mechanical devices and 
chemical germ destroyers; from neglect to the daily use of the in- 
dispensible brush; from water as a wash to a harmless and efficient 
antiseptic; from a hundred uncomplete to a thousand complete 
methods made possible through the unerring aim of the lucky 
genius, as much the off-spring of mother necessity, as are the aids 
his inventive mind has given us toward the perfection of the science 
of dentistry which holds a place second to none in modern advance¬ 
ment. Those who only have had occasion to visit the dentist 
within the last five years can little appreciate the conveniences they 


enjoy over their predecessors, who, instead of having an immediate 
and painless method of removing a nerve employed, either suffered 
an heroic operation or the protracted one of arsenous acid, com¬ 
prising days and loss of rest; nor can they understand that instead 
of losing an hour from business with a subsequent fee, formally it 
would have meant many times as long and a much larger fee, with 
the work not superior or more permanent. 

I may safely say that it is within the last few years, with the 
help of electricity, the antiseptic and the anesthetic that a dental 
operation is simplified until it becomes a pleasure rather than a 
bore to pay the dentist a visit. 

Meet the man on the street who, with the aid of a few once- 
thought-useless stumps of teeth, has had a perfect set so con¬ 
structed by a system of bridges as to reproduce the original in ap¬ 
pearance and usefulness and compare his pleasant smile to the one 
who, through the misfortune of having lost the equivalent supports, 
is forced to endure an ill-fitting denture. 

Today there is hardly a hamlet but where you can have the 
ready attentions of a dental surgeon, where five years back those 
dwelling in small places were forced to suffer the indignity of hav¬ 
ing your M. D. extract the tooth which would possibly hold the key 
to the perfection of a masticating surface, without which may arise 
great inconvenience or even ill-health. A few years ago only the 
well-to-do could enjoy the benefits of a competent dentist’s services. 
Today the service of the college bred, thorough dental surgeon is 
within reach of the poorest man. 


DRS. TAYLOR, KEENE & TAYLOR 

304Vg FREDERICA STREET OFFICE ESTABLISHED IN 1859 



T HE pioneer dentist of Western Kentucky, just completing his 
forty-sixth year of active service in the ranks of dentistry, 
Dr. J. H. Taylor easily holds the foremost place in the advance¬ 
ment of the profession in this section of Western Kentucky. Com¬ 
ing from New Hampshire in ’57, he began his career in Eliza¬ 
bethtown. It was in the time of the history of western 
dentistry in small towns when it was customary to drive from 
place to place, and while on one of these trips to Owensboro that he 
thought he saw a future for Daviess County. His visits became 
more frequent until his location here in ’62. 

From that time he has occupied two offices, the last one he 
built in ’77, and has since occupied. Despite the enormity of his 


practice in past years he spared neither time nor pains to keep 
in touch with the advancement of his calling, having had as part¬ 
ners or apprentices more than fifteen young men. Associated with 
him now are his son, Dr. R. H. Taylor, and Dr. R. P. Keene, grad¬ 
uates and class-mates of the Louisville College of Denistry. 

With a complete system of electricity for lighting and motor 
power he has the most thoroughly equipped as well as the largest 
office in Western Kentucky. Recent improvements have just been 
made which connect the reception and operating room by means of 
a grouped arch, separating those waiting from patient in chair. In 
rear, leading from reception room, opens the extracting room, 
which is large and complete. His office was never in better condi¬ 
tion to give prompt and efficient service than at present. 



































































































































































































DR. W. B. ARMENDT 

Dr. W. B. Armendt began the study of dentistry in 1876. He 
graduated in 1880 from the University of Michigan, Dental De¬ 
partment. He is a member of the State Dental Society. He has 
one of the best arranged and equipped dental offices in the State. 



DR. EMORY T. PHILLIPS 

Dr. Emory T. Phillips, the dentist, graduated from Vanderbilt 
University, and in 1897 he came to Owensboro and located at 106)£ 
West Main Street, where he has three elegant rooms fitted up with 
every modern appliance that pertains to dentistry, as electric 
engine, electric lathe, electric lamp and electric fans. He having 
made a study of crown and bridge work, is prepared to give this 
branch of his profession special attention. In the past year he has 
put on the market his Antiseptic Dental Cream, which is becoming 
very popular as a dentifice. In the past six years he has built up 
an extensive practice, and is prepared to do high-class dentistry of 
all kinds and guarantees all his work. Dr. Phillips has been hon¬ 
ored by the Kentucky State Dental Association as one of the Board 
of Trustees for the coming three years. 


JOHN G. DELKER & SONS 

Is one of the oldest and best 
known firms in Owensboro. 
Their repository is one of 
the most modern in the 
State, at No. 110 and 112 
East Main St. Their sales 
rooms cover 13,960 feet floor 
space and are equipped with 
the most modern fixtures. 
They carry in stock a full 
line of Carriages, Surreys, 
Buggies, Driving Wagons, 
Stanhopes, Traps, Phaetons, 
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, 
Collars, Robes and Saddlery 
Hardware. In 1901 they en¬ 
larged their business by 
equipping an up-to-date 
harness factory at No. 20934 
Allen St. This is connected 
in the rear with their ware- 
rooms, using the most im¬ 
proved machines. They use 
the best quality of raw ma¬ 
terial in the manufacture of 
their harness, and skilled 
harness makers, conse¬ 
quently they are turning out 
goods of the best quality. 
They show forty different 
styles of harness, from the 
36.50 buggy set to the $250.00 
set of coach harness. They 
also make all kinds of heavy 
work harness, strap work and 
saddlery goods, which they 
sell at wholesale and retail. 



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OWENSBORO’S DISTILLERIES 


F OR more than thirty years Owensboro has held in its grasp the 
finest reputation imaginable in regard to whiskey, its manu¬ 
facture and sale. She ranks first in the State in reputation of her 
brands, and nowhere in the world can one go and not find some 
whisper of the reputation of Daviess County whiskey. Her liquors 
are found in the distant eastern lands carried by the United States 
soldiers; they are found in 
the far north, carried by the 
arctic explorers, and on the 
recent trip in search of the 
southernmost point on the 
earth’s surface, the first 
article in the selection of 
the supplies of the company 
was an order for Daviess 
County whiskey. In the 
point of the volume of her 
business there is no city 
outside of Louisville that 
can boast of one-half the 
trade she handles, and in 
Daviess County there are more distilleries doing business through 
Owensboro than in any two counties in the State outside of the 
Louisville district. Here is the home of perhaps the most famous, 
the best known and most extensively used whiskey among con- 
nisseurs of any brand made, “ The Whiskey Without a Headache,” 
known not only throughout this country, but abroad, and many 


various parts of the country. The location of this industry fur¬ 
nishes the best market imaginable for corn, cattle, hogs, hay, and a 
fine opportunity for the operation of cooperage plants. Every 
season millions of bushels of corn are brought into the city from 
points in Indiana by the towboats, and every grain of this product 
is distributed to the distilleries surrounding Owensboro. At the 

same time hundreds of car¬ 
loads of cattle and hogs are 
shipped from this point by 
river and railroad to the 
northern and eastern mar¬ 
kets. 

Another whiskey made 
here deserving of the high¬ 
est praise is “ Premier 
Pure,” a genuine Kentucky 
whiskey, from Kentucky 
absolutely, as it is made in 
Kentucky, direct to the con¬ 
sumer living in any part of 
the country, “the whiskey 
for family use.” It is owned and handled by P. R. Lancaster & Co., 
and this firm solicits the mail order consumers’ trade only, and are 
the first people in Kentucky to do so. There are people outside of the 
state working for this class of trade, and selling whiskey made in 
other states, that have never made and are unable to produce the 
high grade of whiskey made here. “ Premier Pure ” is being 




SLOPPING CATTLE AT GLENMORE DISTILLERY 


people have become acquainted with Owensboro through Green 
River Whiskey, and its distiller, Mr. J. W. McCulloch. 

Here are also located several large plants of the Kentucky 
Distilleries Warehouse Company: The Glenmore, the Mattingly, 
the Rock Spring, the Daviess County, the Fields and the Eagle 
distilleries, and other small plants, all distributing their products to 


shipped everywhere and is rapidly filling the position intended for 
it as the first Kentucky whiskey for family or consumers’ use. All 
goods are packed in plain, neat case, with the younger and cheaper 
whiskey put up in jugs for the local trade, while the eight, ten and 
fifteen year old grades are put up in four full quarts to the gallon 
and sold with express charges prepaid for $3.50, $4.25 and $6.00, ex- 






































cept to the extreme western and southern states. This firm 
also handles the famous Green River whiskey, which is fur¬ 
nished in any quantities desired for home or medical use. 

The Perkins and Manning Co., which occupies the large 
three-story brick building, with warehouses in connection, at 
207 West Main Street, is one of the most recent and deserv¬ 
ing successes in this line. This firm began business with a 
small capital on a small side street, but by their untiring 
energy and thorough knowledge of the business were forced 
to move to their present quarters two years ago in order to 
adequately handle their rapidly increasing trade. They now 
do an exclusive distilling and jobbing business and their 



PAT DUMPHY DISTILLERY 



ROCK SPRING DISTILLERY 



salesmen cover an immense territory. They also have resi¬ 
dent agents in New Orleans, La.; Dallas, Texas; Pueblo, 
Colo., and Seattle, Wash. Beside their own manufactured 
brands, they handle the well-known “Old Joe Perkins,” put 
up in original packages, and all other high-grade whiskeys, 
brandies and wines known to the trade. Mr. J. K. Perkins, 
the head of the company, although young in years, is an old 
and experienced man in the business, having begun as a clerk 
in his father’s distillery in 1880. Since then he has been 
closely associated with the business in its every phase. He 
is exceedingly popular with the trade and is one of the best 
salesmen in the state. 

Mr. J. A. Manning is also a very experienced whiskey 
man, having been connected with the M. V. Monarch distil¬ 
leries for a number of years previous to taking up his present 
line. He is a thorough, self-made man in every sense of the 
word, having begun business with the Monarch company as 
office boy, and when he resigned from that Company to enter 
his present position he was secretary and head salesman of 
that large corporation. 

With two such thorough and up-to-date young men at 
the head of the company, the success and popularity the firm 
has already attained are only starters for the good things the 
future is sure to bring. The gentlemen are members of the 
Business Men’s Association and are always ready to respond 
to any appeal for the benefit of the general public. 


JOHN HANNING DISTILLERY 





































































































































































































































J. W. M. FIELDS & SONS’ DISTILLERY 



SOUR MASH DISTILLERY 

























































































































GLENMORE DISTILLERY 



GLENMORE DISTILLERY 


































“ROSEDALE”—Property of H. E. Rose 



“ROSEDALE”—Property of H. E. Rose 




























1M“ OWENSBORO 


Oldest and Largest 


Department Store 

■ in Kentucky - 




Dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Notions 
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings and Oil Cloths 
Largest Millinery Establishment in the City 
Ladies Ready-to-Wear Department 
Gents, Ladies and Childrens 

SHOES 

Agents for the Famous “Queen Quality” 

All Goods Sold at Rock-Bottom Prices 

Call on US Before You Buy—It Will Pay 
“YOU” 

Established 1881 


Phillips, Brauer, Hays Co. 

Owensboro, Ky. 



















































Why Owensboro Is The Best 
Town on The Ohio River 

HIRST, its farming lands, for miles on every side, are very fer- 
tile and grow good corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, or anything a 
farmer wants to grow. 

Second, Owensboro has all kinds of mineral and coal lands. It 
can furnish coal as cheap or cheaper than any other town on the 
Ohio, and because of this fact, Owensboro ought to be, and is, the 
best manufacturing town in Kentucky. 

Third, all real estate in this beautiful town, without a single 
exception, is occupied at a paying investment. A great deal of 
building is going on now, and still there are not sufficient houses 
for business purposes or residences. For this reason, it is a good 
and safe place for a man to invest his money. Owensboro is not on 
a boom,—it is just growing fast substantially and steadily. 

We have the best streets and pavements for a town the size of 
Owensboro, in the state, having over eleven miles of macadam 
streets and two miles of asphalt, and all of our sidewalks are gran¬ 
itoid where the streets are made, or will be as soon as they can be 
made, there being a city ordinance to this effect. There is over 
three millions of dollars cash money deposited in our ten prosperous 
banks. This makes business good in ever line, and there is still a 
strong demand for money as well as real estate. 

I saw Owensboro a little over two years since, as a stranger. I 
came here on the 26th day of February, 1901, on business, and saw 
some of the good things Owensboro had in the real estate line, met 
Mr. Jas. H. Parrish and closed a contract in thirty minutes to help 
him and his Company push the business. Since that time we have 
sold for the Homestead Land Co. and other people over $300,000 
worth of real estate in Owensboro, and the business is getting better 
and more active every day. 

There are now about six prosperous real estate men in the city 



RESIDENCE OF MR. JAS. B. CLARK 

and all are doing well, and as it is said that there is always room for 
one more, it might apply in this case, for I have not more than half 
as much time as I would like to have, to devote to the business. 
When the day is over, I have just begun my day’s work it seems. 
As to the prices of real estate, some people say it is high; but I do 
not think so. People who once lived in Owensboro and have not 
lived here for several years, or since the transformation took place, 
are astounded. They expect to get a home in two or three 
squares of the court house for the same old price of years 
ago, but it is changed. The have to pay for property ac¬ 
cording to its location. Prices compare with Louisville 
prices somewhat; of course Owenboro has a fine scope of 
country adjoining it to build out, but the lands bounding 
the town are very valuable for farming, now, as the town is 
demanding a great deal more vegetables then ever before. 
If the sure and healthy growth continues for five years 
longer, there will be twice as many people in Owensboro as 
there are now. As to prices of farming lands and condi¬ 
tion of farms, the farms from one to four miles from the 
city are worth from $75 to $200 an acre. We have free 
turn pikes and a good system of keeping up county roads. 
The farms from four to ten miles out are worth $25 to $100 
per acre. There is a great deal of virgin land in from 
10 to 25 miles of Owensboro, and as rich as cream, only 
needs some good farmer to make it produce anything 
he wants to grow. 



RESIDENCE OF MR. M. V. MONARCH 
















































































THE PRETTIEST RESIDENCES 
IN OWENSBORO 

are built from our superior stock of 
lumber, and are ornamented by 
shingles, sash, blinds and trimmings 
from our handsome and well made 
assortment of sash, doors, blinds, 
shingles, fine siding and rich interior 
woodwork. If you intend building 
don’t fail to look over our high grade 
stock of lumber and let us give you 
au estimate. 



COPVRIGttT 


USE GOOD AND HEAVY 
JOISTS 

in your building and your floors 
will be stiff and level, your home 
won’t tumble down over your ears, 
you won’t have to walk sea-wise, 
your chinaware won’t flop over on 
the floor. We supply solid, safely 
seasoned, wormhole and knothole- 
free joists and bracing lumber of 
every desirable kind at desriable 
prices. 


J. N. GRADY, 

OFFICERS: 

M. CARY, 

C. W. KING, 

DIRECTORS: 

J. N. Grady, Jno. Delker, Jno. Thixton, Jno. Reinhardt 

PREST. 

V-PREST. 

SEC. 

M. Cary, J. B. Griffin, C. W. King. 


Owensboro Planing Mill Co. 

INCORPORATED 

Owensboro , Kentucky 


Established Sept. 1902 


Capital $150,000.00 


We have the largest mills in Kentucky, and the best facilities 
for handling large and small contracts. 

Call on us, or write us, before letting out your contract. 

- LONG DISTANCE PHONE 112 




ON THE LOOKOUT 

for good building lumber at the low¬ 
est prices the builder and contractor 
always is. When you can get such a 
superior quality of both soft and 
hard wood balusters, newel posts, 
sash, doors, blinds, shingles and laths 
at our prices you have practically 
struck the limit in our line. We 
keep abreast of the times and are 
always “on the lookout” ourselves 
for bargains. 





BUSINESS IS BOOMING 

in the building line, which shows 
itself in the bustle of our yard, and 
our teams, that are kept busy; but 
that is what we are here for—busi¬ 
ness—and we are getting it by ofl'er- 
ing the finest kiln-dried lumber, in 
both soft and hard woods, at lower 
prices, quality considered, than can 
be found. 

















































































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RESIDENCE OF L. P. TANNER 



RESIDENCE OF REV. P. T. HALE 










































A STEITLER, JR. 

is located at ill West Main St. in the handsome 
three-story and basement building in which he 
carries an immense stock of Hardware, Stoves, 
Ranges, Tinware, Housefurnishing Goods, Lamps, 
China and Glassware, Cement and Sporting Goods. 
Among the many firms engaged in this line of 
trade in Owensboro none occupy a more sub¬ 
stantial position than does Mr. Steitler, and none 
have so increased in importance and added so 
many improvements and acquired such perfection 
in the hardware and stove trade. He has had the 
benefit not only of experience, but that of the 
best mechanical and scientific skill, and in an ad¬ 
dition of this kind pertaining as it does to the up 
building of the city, no branch of trade is more 
worthy of mention. 

Mr. Steitler employs a corps of first-class 
tinners in his commodious tin shop, where he is 
prepared to do all kinds of Tin and Galvanized 
Iron Work, Cornice Work, Slate, Tin and Gravel 
Roofing and all kinds of repairing. 

In addition to the foregoing, his stock of 
Builders’ Hardware is full and complete. 

Mr. Steitler is an honest, hard working, con¬ 
scientious and competent business man, is a 
councilman from the Third ward, also on the hos¬ 
pital committee and serving as secretary of same 
since its organization. 




INCORPORATED 


J. N. GRADY LAVEGA CLEMENTS LESLIE HUNDLEY 

President Vice-President Sec. &Treas. 


OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF 


T. J. TURLEY & CO. 


Send for catalogue, or call on 


EVERY JOB 


is made of the finest 
materials money can 
purchase, and is right 
up to the moment in 
design : : : : : 

How does this style strike 
you as a summer novelty? 


EVERYTHING 

GUARANTEED 

AS REPRESENTED 


Pleasure Vehicles 


KENTUCKY 
BUGGY CO. 


...CITY AGENTS... 

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 























































RESIDENCE OF MR. LA^VEGA CLEMENTS 



RESIDENCE OF MR. J. W. SLAUGHTER 






















































T. J. TURLEY & COMPANY 


T HE accompanying cut is a fair representation of the large house 
of T. J. Turley & Co., of our city, wholesale dealers in Ve¬ 
hicles, Implements and Field Seeds. It will be noticed that this 
concern, which is composed of H. B. Phillips and T. J. Turley, have 
five branch houses in addition to their house in Owensboro. Their 
Third Street house is managed by R. G. Jesse, a Daviess County 
boy; their Hartford house is managed by E. E. Birkhead, another 
Daviess County boy, assisted by J. G. Keown, salesman; their 
Rockport house is managed by W. F. Hafendorfer, also a Daviess 
County boy, assisted by J. D. Zacheritz, salesman; their West 
Louisville house is run by A. C. Clark; the Maceo branch by G. H. 
Nantz. Mr. Turley reports that all these houses are in a flourishing 
condition, due to the large stock of the best implements and vehicles 
they can buy, together with the hustling young men that this firm 
has educated up to the business since they came. 


During the past twelve months they have transferred close to one- 
hundred car loads for these different concerns. 

This firm’s largest line is the buggy business, as they have 
their own brand, the “ Ideal,” of which they will market this year 
something over one thousand vehicles, all of this work being made 
by the best factories in Owensboro, (which is second to none on 
medium and high priced vehicles), enables these people to sell one 
of the best buggies in Western Kentucky, at the same time keeping 
a large amount of money in Owensboro. Their motto is, small 
profits, quick sales and plenty of them, together with, nothing is 
too good but what can be had if you will go after it hard enough, 
is certainly building up a mammoth business in our midst. 

At their Daviess street house will be found J. D. Hays, mana¬ 
ger of credit department; R. B. Flaherty, salesman; F. H. Wilker- 
son, salesman; E. A. Turley, salesman; Arthur Daniel, salesman; 



Mr. Turley came to Owensboro March 1st from the Deering 
Harvester Co., Louisville, Ky., where he had been their general 
agent for the preceeding four years; took half interest with H. B. 
Phillips, of this city, and formed the above partnership. This 
firm’s business has grown until it is now running at the rate of one- 
quarter of a million dollars in point of annual sales. In connection 
with their regular business, they have a large transfer warehouse 
on the L. H. & St. L. railroad, which is capable of taking care of 
forty or fifty cars. These people are transfer agents for Arbuckle 
Bros., New York; International Harvester Co. of America; Stod¬ 
dard Mfg. Co., Dayton, Ohio; Missouri Moulding and Plow Co., 
St. Louis, Mo.; Mitchell & Lewis, wagon manufacturers, Racine, 
Wis.; Fish Bros. Wagon Co., Racine, Wis.; Oliver Chilled Plow 
Works, South Bend, Ind.; Vulcan Plow Co., Evansville, Ind. 


R. C. Calhoun, salesman; Miss Melissa May, cashier and book¬ 
keeper, assisted by Miss Merle Rumage, assistant bookkeeper and 
stenographer. Their warehouse is in charge of H. A. Lashbrooks 
and L. H. Head. 

Viewing the two proprietors from a personal standpoint, Mr. 
Phillips, who has been in our midst for the last twenty years, is 
known to be one of the best business men in Owensboro; has always 
been a hard worker, and through his good management has made 
for himself and his house a reputation that will long be remembered 
in our city. Mr. Turley, started in business for himself at an early 
age, on account of loss of parents, and by applying himself very 
close to his business, has demonstrated throughout that period of 
his life to his employers and partners that he is capable of holding 
up his end of the line, and enjoys the reputation of making every¬ 
thing go that he has ever taken hold of. 























RESIDENCE OF MR. J. H. DITTO 
( UNDER CONSTRUCTION ) 



WM. H. NALL 

Contractor for House Painting. In this line of business 
for twenty years. The best workmen employed. Satisfac- 
RESIDENCE OF MR. W. H. NALL tion guaranteed. 

































Owensboro Home Telephone Company 



MISS JENNIE SAMPLE 


Chief Operator of the Owensboro 
Home Telephone Co., the most popular 
and efficient telephone operator in Ken¬ 
tucky. 


Nothing better indicates the public spirit 
of a town than the telephone service it de¬ 
mands and patronizes. 



The Owensboro Home Telephone Co. 
(independent) is now serving one thousand 
subscribers with a modern Central Energy 
System, equal to any in the United States. 

Its long distance service is extensive and 
being constantly extended. 

Owensboro citizens should patronize an 
Owensboro company. 



DESK PHONE 


OWENSBORO HOME TELEPHONE Co. 

ST. ANN AND FOURTH STS. 


A NEW ENTERPRISE 


Did you ever make an estimate of the amount invested in the 
old machinery you are not using? Did you ever consider that 
some one would be glad to pay you a fair price for this idle 
machinery ? Now you are up to the new enterprise! 


By placing your second-hand goods with us we advertise it and find you a buyer. Engines, 
Boilers and Saw Mills. In fact, we sell new machinery of every description. Call and see us. 


MACHINERY STORED AND REPAIRED. 


Owensboro Machine & Supply Co. 


HOME PHONE. 


TENTH ST. AND OGLESBY AYE. 



































RESIDENCE OF DR. J. C. HOOVER 



RESIDENCE OF MR. W. R. BATES 
















































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Banking and Business Interests 


T HE following is the response of Mr. E. T. Franks to the toast, 
“Banking, Manufacturing and Business Interests of Owens¬ 
boro,” delivered at a banquet tendered the business men of Owens¬ 
boro by Mr. W. E. Parrish at the Rudd House last Thursday 
evening: 

When my friend, Mr. Parrish notified me that he wanted me to 
respond to the toast, “Banking, Manufacturing and the Business 
Interests of Owensboro,” I wondered what I could say on the ques¬ 
tion of banking, except from the standpoint of the borrower. 

I represent the man on the outside looking through the wicket 
at the cashier as he glances over the acceptance, asking himself the 
question: Is the collateral good, or do the names attached to the 
the paper represent the amount asked for in the pleadings ? If 
that represents banking, I am a thoroughbred. 

The city of Owensboro has nine banks and one trust company. 
While many of them are old and well established institutions, none 
of them pay their stockholders less than six 
per cent, annually, and some of them pay as 
high as twelve per cent. The total capitaliza¬ 
tion of the banks of the city of Owensboro is 
$817,000, while they have on deposit in their 
vaults $3,500,000. These banks employ in the 
way of cashiers, tellers and bookkeepers about 
forty-one persons, with an estimated weekly 
pay roll of about $1,200. Until recently the 
banks of Owensboro had more money on de¬ 
posit than Henderson, Hopkinsville and Pa¬ 
ducah combined, but during the last few 
months Paducah has increased her deposits 
until the three cities combined over-reach 
Owensboro about one-half million. 

Paducah has on deposit $2,000,000, Hen¬ 
derson $1,250,000, and Hopkinsville $750,000, 
making a total of about $4,000,000, while 
Owensboro alone has about three and one- 
half million. These figures make it easily 
understood how it was that the Owensboro 
banks went through the panic of 1893-4-5 and 
6 without the loss of a single one, or asking 
assistance from other institutions. 

For the banks to pay the rate of taxation 
as charged in this state, together with their 
operating expenses, and then pay their stock¬ 
holders from six per cent, to twelve per cent, 
in dividends, I realize that I am not the only 
poor, unfortunate fellow who looks through the wicket during the 
307 banking days in the year. But, after all, the banks are the 
great thermometers that mark the commercial advancement of the 
community in which they are located. 

I haven’t a doubt in the world that if some of the capital now 
invested in banks were invested in manufacturing institutions in¬ 
stead, it would not only be better for the city, but would result in 
larger dividends to the investors. 

In tobacco Owensboro is the second largest strip market in the 
world, to say nothing of the American and Continental factories. 

Outside of Jefferson, Daviess county produces more whiskey 
than any one county in the state; and her people may well be proud 
of the product and its wonderful achievements. It goes wherever 
grass grows or water runs. In less than sixty days after Admiral 
Dewey’s guns had quit roaring in Manila bay Owensboro whiskey 
was being administered to the sick Filipinos in the city of Manila. 
It carried off the blue ribbon at the Paris exposition, and it is now 
being used in the hospitals of the army and navy of the United States. 


The great cellulose plant, of which we boast, is now manufac¬ 
turing into a valuable product that which at one time was con¬ 
sidered absolutely worthless to the farmers of our country. They 
are not only supplying the demands of this country, but this pro¬ 
duct is to be found in the iron clads of nearly all of the first-class 
nations of the world. Fortunately for us, the Spanish fleet in 
Santiago was not lined with a product manufactured at Owensboro, 
Ky., or I fear the victory achieved by Sampson, Schley and Evans 
would not have been so complete in the second naval battle known 
to modern history. 

BUSINESS INTERESTS. 

The whiskey business and the cellulose plant, which are the 
greatest in the city of Owensboro (or at least employ more money) 
we have more than twenty other manufacturing establishments 
with a paid in capital of $1,422,400, employing 1,359 persons, with a 

weekly pay roll of more than $9,000, manu¬ 
facturing various kinds of products which not 
only go into every state and territory in the 
union, but her electrical goods are lighting 
the far away isles of the sea. Owensboro 
wagons helped to carry Gen. Shafter’s sup¬ 
plies from the ship landing to his headquarters 
on San Juan hill; her buggy market is the 
largest in the south, and one of the largest in 
the United States, and is still growing. 

You will notice from the statistics given, 
which are practically correct, that the banks 
of Owensboro have a capitalization of $817,000 
and employ not exceeding forty-five persons, 
while her manufacturing institutions, outside 
of the tobacco, whiskey and cellulose plants, 
have a paid in capital of $1,422,400 and employ 
1,359 laborers. That is why I say that it 
would not only be better for the investors, but 
a great deal better for the community, if some 
of the capital now invested in banking should 
be transferred to that of manufacturing. In 
banking it takes practically $20,000 to employ 
one person, while in the manufacturing busi¬ 
ness it only requires $1,000. Some may argue 
that your investments are more safely se¬ 
cured in banks than if invested in manufac¬ 
turing, and that the dividends are surer. In 
one sense of the word that is true, while in 
many others it is not. While the dividends from our banks have 
been phenomenal, I can show greater dividends from some of our 
manufacturing institutions than any bank in the city or in the 
entire state. I believe that the bank officers who can earn eight 
per cent., ten per cent, or twelve per cent, in a bank can as easily 
earn twelve per cent., fifteen per cent., or twenty per cent., in the 
manufacturing business. Show me a manufacturing city and I 
will show you a city where its diversified interests are in a healthy 
condition. 

It is impossible to rent a business house in the city. Our 
merchants have outgrown their old stands and are building new and 
more extensive ones. Every man in the city who wants to work 
has employment and is getting good wages. More new buildings 
are under construction today than at any other period in the history 
of the city. In banking and manufacturing business Owensboro is 
the second city in the state. In ten years, if the same interest is 
manifested which has characterized her business men for the last 
seven years, Owensboro will be the second city in population. 









BANK 


FIRST NATIONAL 

THE OLDEST 
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY 
IN OWENSBORO 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK 


H AVING the honor of being one of the oldest financial institu¬ 
tions in the city and the one which has handled more internal 
revenue for the United States government than any other bank in 
this part of the country, is a condition of which the First National 
Bank may well feel proud. Not only is it the oldest institution of 
its kind in this city, but today it is the strongest, and is looked 
upon by all as a financial institution of Herculean strength. The 
First National represents and succeeds to the business of the old 
Planters’ Bank, originally organized April 1, 1864. 

With a capital stock of $137,900, with a surplus and undivided 
profit of $34,832, this institution carries on a general banking busi¬ 


ness which in itself is very large. Through the excitement of war 
times with the inflated currency followed by the risks of resump¬ 
tion, the panics of ’72 and ’73 and the financial depression of ’93 
and ’94 this bank has maintained its character as a safe and suc¬ 
cessful institution and it stands today the most substantial institu¬ 
tion of its kind in the city of Owensboro. 

The officers who direct the policy of the First National Bank 
are: E. W. Wood, President; A. Rosenfeld, Vice-President; 
Wolfred Carico, J. D. Powers, Phil. T. Watkins, Cashier, consti¬ 
tuting the board of directors it would be hard to find a safer or more 
reliable institution within the confines of Owensboro. 






































Owensboro Savings Bank & Trust Co. 


S AYINGS BANKS in any community are popular and well sup¬ 
ported institutions, for they offer to even the humblest toiler 
the same advantages that are given the rich in regard to banking, 
but most of all to the saving of what is earned. 

Best shown by its remarkable growth is the hold of the Owens¬ 
boro Savings Bank & Trust Co. on the confidence of the people, for 
since its inception, which dates back to 1871, it has opened thous¬ 
ands of accounts and has now on deposit over $665,000. The success 
of this bank of the common people is little short of phenomenal, 
and it was the rapid strides made by it that led to the establishment 
of other banks with which Owensboro is so numerously supplied. 

The reputation which the Owensboro Savings Bank & Trust Co. 
has made for safety and confidence is largely attributed to the 
inflexible rule to make loans only on the best security. It is no 
doubt also greatly attributable to the fact that the stockholders are 
liable to the depositors for $100,000. As they are all well-to-do and 
well-known business men, it is easy to see that this bank is one of 
the best protected institutions in the country. This bank is housed 
in its own building, one of the best and handsomest structures in 
the city, and there it carries on a general banking business. They 


S. Wilson, W. H. Owen, A. L. Parrish, J. Otis Parrish, W. E. 
Parrish, I. N. Parrish. The capital stock is $100,000.00 and 
surplus $12,000.00. 

The commercial department of the Owensboro Savings Bank & 
Trust Co. is thoroughly equipped, having every facility for the 
transaction of the business of the merchant, the farmer and the 
trader, as well as all others who have need of its advantages. In 
this department they receive deposits from one dollar up, subject to 
check at any time. For such deposits they pay nothing, charge 
nothing, but make themselves responsible for safe keeping and re¬ 
turn to owner. They furnish deposit and check books and solicit 
the accounts of merchants and individuals, whether their transac¬ 
tions be large or small. Do not think because your account is 
small that this bank will not want to bother with it. Open an ac¬ 
count and see the great advantage it is to you. Deposit all you 
receive and give checks for all you pay out and in this way keep a 
record of all the cash besides getting a receipt for every bill you pay. 

All the men connected with this institution have had extended 
experience in business and are upright, reliable and conservative. 
Mr. J. H. Parrish is the Vice-President, Mr. A. L. Parrish is the 



OWENSBORO SAYINGS BANK & TRUST CO. 


have inaugurated the “Ideal Savings System,” and deposits made 
in this department bear five per cent, per annum. Deposits re¬ 
ceived from one dollar up. 

It is such an institution as the Owensboro Savings Bank & 
Trust Co. that appeals to the common people. They have a large 
patronage among the farmers of this section, the most of whom 
make it their depository. Banking by mail has been made a 
feature, and now deposits can be sent from any point in the United 
States or Canada. They have customers living in fourteen States 
and Canada. The roster of officials is sufficient guaranty of 
its standing, and the past record it has made speaks louder than 
any words of ours. 

It is the strongest evidence of the bank’s solidity that it has 
existed so long and without a ripple in its affairs. No stronger 
recommendation could be brought forward. It is a well-earned 
triumph. 

The officers of the bank are: T. S. Venable, President; Jas. 
H. Parrish, Vice-President; A. L. Parrish, Cashier; W. H. Owen 
and J. Otis Parrish, Assistant Cashiers, with the following Board 
of Directors: Geo. Parrish, T. S. Venable, James H. Parrish, W. 


Cashier, W. H. Owen and J. Otis Parrish, Assistant Cashiers, and 
upon their shoulders largely devolves the active management of 
the institution. They are thoroughly qualified for the position, 
and besides being among the best known citizens of Owensboro, 
they are respected by every patron of the bank. 

This bank began business in the year 1871 as the Owensboro 
Savings Bank, with a capital of $25,000.00. It has added $75,000.00 
to the capital stock from accumulated surplus by declaring three 
stock dividends of $25,000.00 each, making a total capital $100,000.00, 
as follows: Declared April 18,1883, stock dividend $25,000.00, mak¬ 
ing capital $50,000.00; December 31, 1890, stock dividend $25,000.00, 
making capital $75,000.00; December 31, 1900, stock dividend 
$25,000.00, making capital $100,000.00. 

In addition to this, stockholders have received an average 
annual dividend of ten per cent, on and after each increase of cap¬ 
ital stock. All this accomplished in thirty years. 

On account of the termination of their charter they reorganized 
on January 2, 1901, as the Owensboro Savings Bank & Trust Co., 
since which time they have declared four semi-annual dividends of 
five percent, each, and have now (January 1, 1903) a surplus fund 
of $12,000.00 and undivided profits $1,707.39. 































F. T. GUNTHER, V.-Prest. 

Its existence has been a series 
of successful years beginning with 
paid in Capital of $15,000 it has 
increased to a Capital of $325,000, 
besides surplus fund and undivid¬ 
ed profits of $51,000 after paying 
its shareholders $712,000 in divi¬ 
dends. 

It is always abreast of the 
times, but conservative, pursuing 
a legitimate banking business. 
It solicits desirable accounts of 
banks, corporations, merchants 
and individuals. It pays interest 
on time deposits. 


The National 
Deposit Bank 
of Owensboro 
Kentucky 

OFFICERS 
Jas. Weir, President 
F. T. Gunther, V.-Prest 
C. C. Watkins, Cashier 
M. C. Stuart, Asst. Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Jas. Weir, F. T. Gunther, 

R. S. Hughes, A. C. Tompkins, 
Jas. Wile, H. B. Phillips, 

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T. S. ANDERSON, Prcst. 

W. F. HUNT, Cashier. 

DAVIESS COUNTY 

BANK & TRUST CO. 

114 W. Third St., 
OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY. 

Cash Capital, . , . §50,000.00 

A general bank and trust com¬ 
pany business transacted. Depos¬ 
its received from one dollar up. 
Interest paid on time certificates 
of deposit and in our savings de¬ 
partment. Our Mortgage Certifi¬ 
cates of Deposit are the best 
things for absolute safety and 
profit. Call or write for full par¬ 
ticulars. Money loaned on real 
estate in Daviess County, and on 
good collateral and names. We 
are authorized by law to act as 
administrator, executor, guardian, 
trustee, etc. If appointed execu¬ 
tor we draw up wills and keep 
them safely without charge. 

Directors: T. S. Anderson, El- 
dred Crabtree, J. J. Griffin, T. S. 
Venable. Your business solicit¬ 
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Owensboro’s Most Prominent Attorneys 



R. E. BERRY 


ELLIOTT MASON 



































JNO. KIRK 

John Kirk was born at Habit, Daviess Coun¬ 
ty, August 25th, 1877. He received his primary 
education in the public schools, was graduated 
from the Southern Normal College at Bowling 
Green, Kentucky, in 1898, studied law under 
Miller & Todd of Owensboro and was admitted 
to the bar in June 1901. In the same year he 
formed the partnership of Cottrell & Kirk and 
has since been actively engaged in the prac¬ 
tice of his profession. He is a Mason. 



LA YEGA CLEMENTS 

La Vega Clements, County Attorney of 
Daviess County, is a young man of first rate 
ability and with a splendid record as a public 
servant. The duties of his office are onerous 
and call for ability of a high order, but he has 
always discharged them with conspicuous suc¬ 
cess. His friends expect him to take a high 
place among the public men of the country, 
and cannot believe that they will be disap¬ 
pointed. 



J. F. COTTRELL 

Joseph F. Cottrell was born in Yelvington, 
Daviess County, May 15th, 1874; was left an 
orphan at the age of three years. He was 
graduated from the Southern Normal College 
of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1898 with the 
degree B. S. and immediately began the study 
of law. In April 1900 he was admitted to the 
Owensboro bar, formed the partnership of 
Cottrell & Kirk and has since been practicing 
his profession. He is a member of the Ma¬ 
sonic fraternity. 


W. E. AUD 





HON. L. P. TANNER 
































Jas. P. Skillman— born February 22nd, 1870. Literary course class 
1892 Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Class of 1896 Law Department 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Practicing 1896; came to 
Owensboro from Cloverport, April 1st, 1901. 



JAS. B. CLARK 



HON. JOSEPH STIRMAN 



RESIDENCE OF MR. JAS. B. CLARK 


James B. Clark was born near Rome, Kentucky, the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Clark, and brought up on the farm to 
labor and to toil. He entered St. Mary’s College, near 
Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1884, taking the degree of B. S. in 
1888. In 1890 he traveled a year in Europe, and took the 
degree of A. B. in 1892. He attended St. Mary’s Academy, 
Baltimore, in 1893, and the following year the degree of A. M. 
was conferred on him. He learned nine languages, and 
taught drawing, painting, architecture, mathematics and 
languages, in college, in part payment of his tuition. In 1895 
he entered the office of Sweeney, Ellis & Sweeney, as a stud¬ 
ent, became their stenographer, and remained there until he 
was admitted to the bar, in 1898. In 1899 he married Miss 
Susie A. Hayden, daughter of W. J. Hayden, of this city. 
He was the Treasurer of the Goebel Club, and the Secretary 
of the Bryan and Beckham Club, and is the present Auditor’s 
Agent for Daviess County. He takes a great interest in edu¬ 
cational affairs, and in the welfare of the people in general. 
He has surmounted many difficulties, and we wish him the 
success he merits. 






























































COUNTY 


OFFICIALS 



JUDGE H. M. HASKINS 




SAM W. BEDFORD 

Mr. Bedford was born in Washington 
County, December 7th, 1861. His boy¬ 
hood was spent in Daviess County and a 
number of years ago he removed to Ful¬ 
ton, Kentucky. In a short time he ob¬ 
tained such a hold on the people of that 
thriving place that he was elected mayor. 
His administration was most successful 
and he started the little town on a course 
that has made it the best and busiest 
place of Western Kentucky. Returning 
to Daviess County he was almost im¬ 
mediately elected Circuit Court Clerk, 
an office which he now holds with credit 
to himself and satisfaction to the people. 



BEVERLY HASKINS 



JOSH T. GRIFFITH 


JOHN ASHBY, Jailor 





























Young Men’s Christian Association 

o f o wensboro, Kentucky 


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Board of Directors 


S. W. Anderson, 

President 

J. G. Delker, 

Vice President 

W. F. Hurt, 

Treasurer 

M. W. Newton, 

Rec. Sec’y 

R. E. Mitchell, 

Gen’l Sec’y 


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Executive Officers 

W. P. Howard, 

J. M. Vaughn, 

I. N. Parrish, 

C. M. Scott, 

L. H. Hudson, 
McHenry Rhoads, 

H. W. Miller, 

W. F. Hayes, 

Roy Gilbert, 

J. D. Reeves, 

J. A Harris, 
R. E. Griftin, M. D. 
Consulting Physician 


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Y. M. C. A. BUILDING 


History of the Owensboro Association 


T H E organization of the Young Men’s Christian Association 
was one of the most important results of the first series of 
revival meetings held here by Rev. Sam P. Jones and Rev. Geo. R. 
Stuart. These meetings were held in May, 1893, and shortly after 
that time the Association was formed. 

Mr. Isaac N. Parrish was the first President 
and Mr. E. C. Baldwin the first General Secre¬ 
tary. The Association occupied rooms at the 
corner of Third and Allen streets where it re¬ 
mained until its present home was completed. 

At the second great religious revival held by 
Jones and Stuart in the spring of 1895, the idea 
of securing a permanent home for the Associa¬ 
tion was conceived and on the last night of the 
revival a public collection of over $22,000.00 was 
subscribed. In a few days this was raised to 
$25,000.00. Before this Mr. W. A. House had 
succeeded Mr. Baldwin as General Secretary and 
Mr. M. D. L. Martin had succeeded Mr. Parrish 
as President. Mr. House remained until the 
Building movement had been fully completed in 
February 1893. In the meantime Mr. Jas. H. 

Parrish and Mr. E. H. Clarke had successively 
held the position of President. 

In the fall of 1898 Mr. House was succeeded by 
Mr. C. R. Boucher, who held the position of General Secretary till 
the election of the present incumbent Mr. R. E. Mitchell in Decem¬ 
ber 1901, and during the same time Mr. Geo. H. Cox and Mr. W. 
Foster Hayes served successively as Presidents. 

Since occupying the present building, the Physical Work of the 


Association has demanded the employment of a physical director 
and this position has been held successively by Messrs. Alfred 
Roetkin and E. U. Cave, and Prof. Arthur Leland. 

Undoubtedly no form of religious effort is more successful in 
reaching young men and boys than that done by 
Y. M. C. A. Its object is the all around develop¬ 
ment of the young man in body, mind, and morals. 
This is accomplished thru a well equipped gym¬ 
nasium in which classes in physical education are 
held for business men, students, young men, and 
boys. Physical examinations are made of the men 
so that work may be given suited to their needs, 
their measurements are made and put on a chart 
comparing them with other young men. Shower 
and tub baths are furnished members free. 

Thru the reading room, library, and popular 
lecture course the mind of the young is trained 
and improved. 

The moral and spiritual life is aided by the re¬ 
ligious tone of all departments of the work, also 
by gospel meetings, Bible classes and the personal 
association and friendship of Christian young men. 

The fundamental object of the Y. M. C. A. is 
“spread the Kingdom of Christ among young men 
thru the consecrated efforts of young men.” 

The Association aims to furnish a home like place in which 
young men who are away from home may spend their leisure hours 
with pleasure, safety and profit. 

Part of the running expenses of the institution are paid by the 
annual membership fee of $5.00 and the rest by private subscription. 



R. E. MITCHELL, Secy. 


































The Churches of Owensboro 


THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES OF OWENSBORO 

H ERE commercial and religious advantages go hand in hand. The 
beauty and business of the city render it one of the most delightful 
places of residence to be found; but when these are accented by 
the number, importance and influence of the churches, Owensboro feels 
justly proud of the position she occupies. 

As a rule all the churches are well attended, so much so that visitors 
and strangers spending Sunday in the city are led to comment on the un¬ 
usual interest manifested in matters of religion. It is pre-eminently a 
church going community. 

Besides the three Catholic Churches and the Jewish Synagogue, there 
are eleven Protestant Churches and four missions. The following bodies 
are represented: Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian, Cumber¬ 
land Presbyterian, German Evangelical and Protestant Episcopal. 

The Baptist Church has three congregations, with 1900 communi¬ 
cants; the Methodist Church two congregations, with 1150 communicants; 
the First Presbyterian, Fourth Street Presbyterian, and Cumberland 
Presbyterian churches have a membership of 900; the Christian Church, 
600; the German Evangelical, 350; and the Episcopal, about 100. The 
total membership of the Protestant churches is about 5000, number of 
pupils in the Sunday schools, 4000, and number of members of the Young 
People’s Society, nearly 1000. 

The Church buildings are modern in appointments and excellent spec¬ 
imens of architectural art. The First Presbyterian, German Evangelical, 
and Third Baptist congregations have new buildings, and are among the 
handsomest in Kentucky. The latter has probably the largest church 
auditorium in the State. The new Christian Church, which is now in 
process of erection will be completed this year, and will be the hand¬ 
somest church edifice in western Kentucky. The building will be of stone 



REY. R. H. CROSSFIELD 



CHRISTIAN CHURCH 


and will seat 1400 without chairs. The total seating ca¬ 
pacity of these churches is not far from 8500. 

The following pastors serve the community in these 
pulpits: Rev. E. Pendleton Jones, First Baptist; Rev. P. 
T. Hale, D. D., Third Baptist; Rev. H. E. Gabby, Walnut 
Street Baptist; Rev. L. H. Hudson, First Presbyterian; 
Rev. E. E. Smith, Fourth Street Presbyterian; Rev. W. 
P. Thurston, Cumberland Presbyterian; Rev. R. H. Cross¬ 
field, Ph. D., Christian; Rev. T. R. Kendall, D. D., 
First Methodist; Rev. B. M. Currie, Main Street Meth¬ 
odist; Rev. W. A. Bomhard, German Evangelical; Rev. 
W. K. Marshall, Trinity Episcopal. 

Union services are held on various occasions, when the 
churches come together to demonstrate how good and how 
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. The 
union evangelistic services which have been conducted in 
the last few years, by Rev. Sam. Jones, Dr. J. Wilbur 
Chapman, and Rev. B. Fay Mills, have proved of great 
spiritual power to the city. 

The ministers of the city are held in high esteem by 
their parishioners and the community. Long pastorates 
are the rule rather than the exception. In a word, no city 
the size of Owensboro offers better moral and spiritual ad¬ 
vantages, or a better atmospnere for those religiously 
inclined. 


























The plant cost over $45,000.00. Seating capacity 
2,600. More than a score of rooms can be thrown to¬ 
gether in addition to the great auditorium and galleries. 
This is the largest church auditorium in Kentucky and 
perhaps in the South. This church is only six years 
old, but already has a membership of over one thousand 
—the largest of any denominatton in all this region. 


REV. P. T. HALE, D. D. 
Pastor of Third Baptist Church 


THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH 


REV. H. E. GABBY 
Pastor Walnut Street Baptist Church 

He was graduated from the National Normal Uni¬ 
versity, Lebanon, Ohio, and from the Southern Baptist 
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He took a 
special course in literature in the Chicago University. 
Served the church at Newport, Ark., from his gradua¬ 
tion from the Seminary until he came to the Walnut 
Street Baptist Church, Owensboro, Ky. 


INTERIOR THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH 























































Rev. W. P. THURSTON, Pastor 


T'HE pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Will- 
* iam Porter Thurston, is a native of the State of Ohio, but has 
lived in the “Sunny South” long enough to appreciate the South¬ 
ern ideals and to love the Southern ways. He was born in the fall 
of 1860, and belongs to the generation which, having come to mid¬ 
dle age 40 years after the Civil War, still feels the enthusiasm of 
that period while looking forward to the rejuvenated America of 
the future and loves the heroes on both sides of that struggle while 
glorying in the unrivaled manhood of a unified nationality. He 
graduated in 1883 from Ohio Methodism’s mecca of culture, the 
Ohio Wesleyan University, and in a few years was Vice-President 
of Ashland College, where he received the degree of A. M. An 
inborn fondness for music led to a study of this art under New York 
and Chicago teachers, and the fall of 1897 found him in Memphis, 
Tenn., as a teacher of voice culture and director of the chorus choir 
of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The doctrines and 
the policy of this church removed the last objections to the ministry 
of the Gospel, and in the spring of 1898 he took pastoral charge of 
the congregation at Covington, Tenn., a mission under care of 



CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 


Memphis Presbytery. Four years of effort here left, as their happy 
consummation, a strong and well organized membership, housed in 
a beautiful brick church. His pastorate in Owensboro began in 
January 1902, and, as a result of one year’s work, shows a harmo¬ 
nious and growing congregation, prosperous in every activity. 
Under his leadership the young people erected the first denomina¬ 
tional headquarters on the Chautauqua grounds and were foremost 
in the work of the first season. The most important outcome of the 
year’s pastorate has been the founding of a mission in the suburb of 
Smith’s Addition, where a fine membership has already been gath¬ 
ered and a neat house of worship is now being erected. 



GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH 


REV. BOMHARD, Pastor 































































ST. STEPHEN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 



M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH 








































ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 

















MAIN STREET M. E. CHURCH 

REV. B. M. CURRIE, PASTOR 
















































REV. EDWARD FAHRENBACH 


MASSES ON SUNDAY. 

From first Sunday in October to fourth Sunday in April, 
at 8 and 10 a. m. 

From first Sunday in May to first Sunday in October, at 
7 and 9 a. m. 

On Holydays at 7 and 9 a. m. 

Catechism at 2:30 p. m. 

Vespers at 3 p. m. from October 1st to May 1st. Summer 
at 7 p. m. 

Low Masses in winter at 7:30 a. m. In summer at 6 a. m. 

MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 

First Sunday in each month: Blessed Sacrament Society. 
Second Sunday in each month: St. Hubertus’ Society; 
Young Men’s and Young Ladies’ Communion Sunday. 

Third Sunday in each month: Blessed Virgin Society. 
Fourth Sunday in each month: Young Ladies’ Society. 



ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 



JEWISH SYNAGOGUE 

































TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 




































































































NICK T. ARNOLD 


DIXON JAMES MERRITT 


Nick T. Arnold the Progressive Jeweler, loca¬ 
ted at Third and St. Ann Streets, where can be 
found all the newest designs in Watches, Jewelry, 
etc. Nothing but the highest grade goods hand¬ 
led and prices the lowest. Best equipped shop in 
the city for repairing watches, jewelry, clocks, 
etc., engravings, diamond setting. 




THOS. P. ARCHER 

CITY REPORTER, INQUIRER 


HENRY C. BAKER 

The Fraternal Tribunes. Home office, Rock 
Island, Ill. A Fraternal Beneficiary Order for 
men and women. Up to date, progressive in all 
things; instructive and pleasing ritulistic work. 
Offers best plan of Insurance before the public. 
A business fraternity with business methods. 
For particulars address Dr. Thos. H. Turner, Sec¬ 
retary; Wm. H. Mercer, District Manager. 

Henry C. Baker, State Manager, Owensboro, 
Kentucky. 


E. F. MERCER 

The above is a picture of E. F. Mercer, who 
made two-thirds of the pictures in this book. 
His prices are right, his work is done when 
promised, his terms are cash, his motto is “satis¬ 
faction under all circumstances.” His gallery is 
located at 516 East Third street where he will be 
glad to serve you with the best photos for the 
least money. He is also a “view specialist” and 
invites all who wish view work to give him a 
trial before going elswhere. 

The Little Blue Front. 


Dixon James Merritt was born near Lebanon, 
Tenn., July 9th, 1879. After obtaining the rudi¬ 
ments of an education in the country schools, he 
matriculated at the University of Nashville as a 
candidate for the degree of A. B. Upon the com¬ 
pletion of his college course, he accepted a posi¬ 
tion with the Lebanon (Tenn.) Democrat, which 
he shortly resigned to go on the reporting force 
of the Nashville Banner. In June 1902 he came 
to Owensboro as city editor of the Owensboro 
Messenger, but resigned in September and is now 
employed as city editor of the Owensboro Inquirer. 


































“THE PARRISH ON MAIN” 

CAMPBELL W. GRANT, Manager. 

We sell Books of all kinds, latest and best. School Books used in city and county. 

Wall Papers, latest designs, low prices, good workmen, contracts made. 

Pictures and Picture Frames, Frames made any size to order. 

Blank Books and Office Supplies. Fine and medium priced Stationery to suit all tastes. 

Novelties in Chinaware. 

Toys of every description for the children. 

We study to please. We invite visitors to call and see us. You are always welcome. 

In business since 1868 —35 years. 

W. E. and I. N. PARRISH, Owners 

103 West Main St., Owensboro, Ky. 


A WORLD RECORD BREAKER. NEARLY FORTY MILLIONS BUSINESS WRITTEN IN EIGHT YEARS 

The State Life Insurance Co. 

OF INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 

All policies issued by this Company are secured by a deposit of the full legal reserve 

with the State of Indiana. 

The insurance law of Indiana is the culmination and perfection of the 
best insurance legislation and experience of this century. Call or 
write for a copy. 

A POLICY IN THE STATE LIFE IS AS GOOD AS A NATIONAL BANK N0TE.~©a 

WILLIAM E. PARRISH 

Manager Northwestern Kentucky 

101 West Main Street, with Homestead Land Co., OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY. 

Counties of Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Edmondson, Grayson, Hancock, 
Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Logan, McLean, Muhlenberg, Meade, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Union, 
Warren, Webster. AGENTS WANTED. 



The Leading Book and Wall Paper Store 

- IN THE CITY =— ■ 

We also carry a full line of Kodaks and Photo Supplies, 

Musical Instruments and Fine Stationery* 

Everything Up-To-Date* 

GEO. W. S. PARRISH & SON 

if 06 FREDERICA STREET, OWENSBORO, KY. 














JAS. H. PARRISH, Prest. W. E. PARRISH, Auditor J. OTIS PARRISH, Treas. 

T. S. VENABLE, V. Prest. J. A. HARRIS, Supt. GEO. W. S. PARRISH, Secy. 

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HOMESTEAD LAND COMPANY 

INCORPORATED 

A HOME FOR EVERY RENTER 


WE BUY AND SELL PROPERTY ON 
-COMMISSION- 


OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 


The Best Kind of Real Estate Service is the New Kind 

We offer that Service to YOU 
It is the Kind that 

Sells the Property or Buys the Property 

i T has enabled us to build up the Largest Real Estate Business in Owensboro in less than three year’s 
time. Our success is proof of our ability to Sell or Buy for you. We will be very frank with you 
in regard to all details, for we know that begets the same frankness from you. We give you quick ser¬ 
vice, the real secret of our success. All we want is to get some one interested to bring about a trade. 

We have sold for other people $17^,000 worth of real estate; we have sold for ourselves $12^,000 
worth of real estate. Lots of houses being built in Owensboro, but we need houses to supply the 
demands of renters. Why not buy and save rent—let it go towards paying for a home. 

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You Know Our 
Motto: 

“A HOME FOR 


EVERY RENTER” 


It is a Household 
Word with Every 
body Now. 

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WE RENT AND COLLECT RENTS ON 
-COMMISSION- 



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Leading Educators of Daviess County 



PROF. MCHENRY RHOADS. 

Prof. McHenry Rhoads was born in Muh- 
linbery County, Ky., July 27th, 1858. He 
graduated from West Kentucky College in 
1880. Immediately upon graduation he was 
made principal of the Preparatory School of 
the College. After filling this position one 
year he was elected to the chair of Natural 
Science and Mathematics. In 1885 he was 
made Vice-President of Hartford College 
where he taught until 1891 when he was called 
to the superintendency of the Public Schools 
of Frankfort, Ky. In 1900 he was elected to 
the superintendency of the Public Schools of 
Owensboro, which position he now holds. 




PROF. LOUIS I. IGLEHART. 

Louis I. Iglehart was born June 8th, 1879, 
in Daviess County, Ky. 

Spent three years in Central University. 
Graduated Georgetown College, degree Bach¬ 
elor of Arts. Held highest honor in class of 
forty members in grade. 

Is now instructor in Ancient and Modern 
Languages at the Owensboro College. 



PROF. ARTHUR W. DAWSON. 

Arthur W. Dawson is a native of Daviess 
County. He obtained his early education in 
the Public Schools and taught in the county 
for three years. In 1899 he was elected to his 
present position—the principalship of Main 
(or Third) Street School, in Owensboro. 

In politics he is a democrat. He is a Master 
Mason and Knight of Pythias. 



MISS ADELE PAYNE. 











Equity 
Mills and 
Elevator 

Manufacturers of.... 

High-Grade 
Flour and 
Meal 


Dealers in 

Grain 

and 

♦♦Hay 

601-613 

W. Fourth Street. 



FOR SALE 

^=AT A BARGAIN = 

Drug Store, well located, at Owens¬ 
boro, Ky*, doing a good business* 
Good reasons for selling* Must sell 
by August, 1, 1903. Address, 

W. V* Wortham 

Owensboro, Ky* 


J. N. GRADY L. C. CARDEN 

Kentucky Cornice 
& Roofing Co. 

-ALL KINDS OF_ 

Roofing Work, Slate, Iron, Gravel, 
Asphalt, Tin and Felt Roofing 

SKYLIGHT AND CORNICE 
WORK A SPECIALTY.*,^ 

Repairing of all Kinds. 

Estimates Furnished Promptly. 

Cor. McFarland and Crittenden Phone J12. 

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 



















SCHOOL 


BOARD 




R. A. MILLER 


T. H. GUTHRIE 




DR. C. C. LEWIS 


FRANK KATTERJOHN 


J. W. CARTER 



J. C. FREDERICK 


T. F. BIRKHEAD 















































ONE OF OWENSBORO'S MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES IS 

G. N. MEEKER'S 


Palace Bakery and 

lee Cream Parlors 

Sparkling Soda Water and Fine Confections. 


Special Orders Receive 


Special 


Attention . 



WHOLESALE ICE CREAM 


G. N. MEEKER, 

Both Phones. 109 West Main St., OWENSBORO, KY. 



yHE BRANCH HOUSE of the 

1 Kimball Co. was established 
in Owensboro in 1896. Since then 
the Kimball Piano has gained for 
itself a cientele composed of the 
very best musicians and citizens 
of this section of the country. 

The Kimbal is sold direct from 
the factory to the home at one 
profit—saving to the consumer 
the middleman’s profit. 

The Kimball store in Owensbo¬ 
ro is the headquarters of the mu¬ 
sicians, and the center of musical 
interest of the community. Our 
cardinal principle is fair dealing 
with our customers, and truthful 
statements of the merits of our 
instruments. 

We make the Kimball Pianos 
and Organs in all the different 
woods. Kimball Organs $50.00 to 
$150.00. Kimball Pianos $300.00 
to $1000.00, and at in-between 
prices to suit all purses. We man¬ 
ufacture Pianos, Pipe and Reed 
Organs, and Piano Players. 

The new Kimball Piano Player 
is one of the most wonderful in¬ 
ventions of the age. With it, any 
one, with or without musical 
knowledge can interpret and exe¬ 
cute with ease, any piece of mu¬ 
sic from rag-time to the classics 
of the old masters. Call in and 
see this; one of the grandest re¬ 
sults of the inventive age. Con¬ 
certs daily. 


THE HOME OF “THE KIMBALL,” OWENSBORO 

W. W. KIMBALL CO., C. M. BRYANT, Mgr., Owensboro, Ky. 









































The Public Schools of Owensboro 




WEST MAIN STREET SCHOOL 


WALNUT STREET SCHOOL 


in that year an enrollment in the white schools of the city of 862 
pupils, with an annual expenditure of $10,585.54. Two years 
later the colored schools were placed under the same manage¬ 
ment as the white schools, which increased the annual enroll¬ 
ment by 425 and making an annual expense of $14,873.53. A 
steady growth is indicated for each year until 1899, when con¬ 
siderable contiguous territory was added to the city, increasing 
the number of pupils in the school census by 878. The last re¬ 
port of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the city shows 
4,199 persons in the school census and 2,526 pupils enrolled in 
the schools, with a total yearly expenditure of $43,735.34. Of 
this sum, however, the building and grounds committee expended 
$7,725.75 in completing the new West Main Street building. 

In the matter of buildings Owensboro is in the front rank of 
cities in the state. The present Third Street building, built to 
relieve the crowded condition of the old upper ward school, 
while the oldest building in the city, is comparatively modern 
and convenient. The Walnut Street building was remodeled in 
1893 to accommodate the pupil growth in that part of the city. 
Then came the new Seventh Street building, followed in a short 
while by the new West Main Street building. The High School 
was given a separate building on Frederica Street some six or 
seven years ago which was doubled in capacity in 1900 to ac¬ 
commodate the largely increased attendance. The western 
colored school building was remodeled and doubled in capacity 
a few years since to adequately satisfy the necessary demands 
made upon it. A new building to replace the small one on 
Jackson Street will be erected at an early date and a laboratory 
and assembly room for the High School is a possibility in the 
near future. 

The total amount invested in public school property in this 
city is not far short of $200,000. In all the buildings the Board 
of Education wisely confined the height to two stories, and in 
the more recently constructed ones wide halls were made, both 
of which insure the safety of the children and lessen the possi- 


T HE schools of a city con¬ 
stitute one of its most 
important interests, and a 
strong, intelligent school sen¬ 
timent one of its most potent 
recommendations. Persons 
looking for a business location 
will always prefer a city which 
has a good school system to 
one having a poor one, even 
though some other advantages 
may not appear so great. 

So far as her public school 
system is concerned, Owens¬ 
boro has never been satisfied 
with any but the best. The 
public school system is thirty- 
one years old, and is not only 
vigorous but progressive as 
well, satisfactorily meeting the 
heavy demands made upon it 
by the public. Like all things 
else the beginning was unpre¬ 
tentious, and it was a wise pa¬ 
tron, indeed, who, thirty-one 
years ago, foresaw the pros¬ 
perous city and efficient school 
system of today. Statistical 
records have been preserved 
as far back as 1882, and show 






























bility of accident or danger from conflagration. All buildings are 
heated by steam radiators of the low pressure system, except the 
High School, which has a very fine hot air ventilating system, 
and the Jackson Street School, which still uses the old-fashioned 
stove. 

The cost of maintaining a system of schools is always a busi¬ 
ness item worthy of note. The Superintendent’s report shows that 
since 1884 the average cost per pupil, not including new buildings, 
has varied between $10.29 and $15.75, while the average cost per 
pupil, including all expenditures, ranges between $13.17 and $27.83. 

The personnel of the teaching force will compare favorably 
with many a city of larger size than Owensboro. In the list may 
be found not a few veterans who have not been content to sit by the 
wayside as the educational life moved forward, but kept step with 
the progressive spirit, and others who entered but recently, and 
whose zeal is tempered by that discretion which comes only to those 
who make complete success the only stopping point in their work. 
Sixty-six persons are actively engaged in the care and conduct of 
the school at present, distributed as follows: Superintendent 1, 
high school 6, special teachers 3, grade principals 4, grammar grade 
teachers 10, primary grade teachers 18, colored schools 12, janitors 
and assistants, white schools 9; janitors and assistants, colored 
schools, 3. 

One of the most important factors in a public school system is 


the Board of Education. They represent the public and the public 
interests. To them is entrusted the expenditure of all moneys and 
the employment of those who directly work in the schools. Thus is 
the business department of the school system. Owensboro has been 
singularly fortunate in having none but her best citizens on the 
Board of Education, men who stand for the highest and best inter¬ 
ests of the city. The personnel of the board as at present constitu¬ 
ted but emphasizes this fact. The members are: First ward, R. A. 
Miller and J. W. Carter; second ward, T. F. Birkhead and J. C. 
Frederick; third ward, Dr. C. C. Lewis and Frank Katterjohn; 
fourth ward, John Rily and T. H. Guthrie. The regular meeting 
night of the board is the first Friday in each month and it is rarely 
ever the case when a quorum is not present. These men give their 
time to the service of the public with no remuneration other than 
the consciousness of work well done. The board employs a very 
efficient Secretary in the person of Mr. C. V. Carter, who looks 
after the clerical details of administrations. Mr. H. B. Eagles, 
cashier of the Owensboro Banking Company, is the Treasurer, and 
his books are never out of balance. 

The Public School System of Owensboro, considered from a 
standpoint of accommodations, administration or efficiency, will bear 
the closest scrutiny and compare favorably with the best in the 
country. 


MacGowan & Cooke Company 


Are fully equipped to handle any order for ENGRAV¬ 
ING, PRINTING, BOOK-BINDING # ^ oe # 

They solicit orders for Illustrated Books and Catalogs, 
Color Printing and all kinds of Plates for Letter Press 
Printing ^8 


717-719 Cherry Street 


Chattanooga, Tennessee 










C. A. WELLS & COMPANY 


Y\7 E do not claim to be the largest or the oldest, 

’’ but among the leading Tailoring establish¬ 
ments of Owensboro we do claim to stand in the 
front rank. 

We are exclusive sales agents for B. Stern & 

Son, of New York, who are the recognized leaders 
of the world in made-to-measure clothes. 

We are handling the best line of Woolens 
both domestic and foreign to be found anywhere. 

And as we haven’t the risk of carried-over stock, 
and are selling direct from the makers, thereby 
saving the customer the jobber’s profit. We are 
making the price that brings us the trade. 

We are showing the largest and best selected 
line of Woolens ever shown in Owensboro (com¬ 
prising about 1800 patterns), and as to tit, style 
and workmanship, guarantee you perfect satis¬ 
faction. 

In connection with our Tailoring we are run¬ 
ning “ The Pantorium ” which now numbers sev¬ 
eral hundred members, and are prepared to do the 
most efficient Cleaning and Pressing of any kind. 

When in need of the next suit or pair of trousers “give us a look,” we are satisfied as to the result. 



C. A. WELLS &. COMPANY, 


Y. M. C. A. BUILDING, 

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 



We present you herewith a 
cut of one of the many claim¬ 
ants for your esteemed patron¬ 
age. We make no claims as to 
the magnitude of the stock nor 
the volume of the business done 
within; these are matters in 
which you are only indirectly 
interested. 

But when it comes to the ex¬ 
cellence of the stock sold there¬ 
in, the manner in which it is 
handled, and the prices at which 
it is sold, as well as the character 
of service we render you in its 
sale, these are questions that dis¬ 
tinctly interest you, and if care¬ 
fully and conscientiously car¬ 
ried out, will in the end, greatly 
benefit you. 

We wish to lay great stress 
upon these four cardinal points 
in the conduct of our business, 
and solicit your patronage wholly 

upon the grounds that we can do you good. Let us repeat that we may indellibly impress them upon your minds : 1. First-class 

Merchandise. 2. Nicely and carefully kept. 3. Sold at the lowest price for Cash. 4. Served by honest, patient and polite salespeople. 


MONTAGUE & BARNES, 105 W. Main Street 









































SEVENTH STREET SCHOOL 



THIRD STREET SCHOOL 




























































HIGH SCHOOL 









WESTERN COLORED SCHOOL 










































PUBLIC SCHOOL, SEVEN HILLS, KENTUCKY 


6 







































Owensboro Commercial College 


y HE Owensboro Commercial College 
has won an enviable position among 
the city’s private schools. The great de¬ 
mand for office assistants has made a busi¬ 
ness school a necessity, and since the 
Owensboro Commercial College was estab¬ 
lished in 1901, it has enrolled hundreds of 
students. 

Its location in the Y. M. C. A. building 
(see cut elsewhere) is the best obtainable 
in the city, and its equipment throughout 
is the most up-to-date and serviceable of 
any private school in the state. 

The general course of study includes 
elementary and technical instruction in all 
commercial subjects and approved office 
methods, and both a day and night session 
is held. 

The school has proved of inestimable 
value to both the business community at 



PROF. HOWARD VAN DEUSEN 


PRINCIPAL OF OWENSBORO COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 


large and the young people of the city, for 
its graduates may be found filling responi- 
ble positions in all the leading business 
houses of Owensboro. The night school 
alone has been the means of assisting 
hundreds of young wage-earners to lucra¬ 
tive positions. 

The character of its work is unique in 
that a speciality is made of each student. 
Individual instruction is the basis of the 
work, and each student is directed in the 
same manner as when under the care of a 
private tutor at home. 

The principal and proprietor, Prof. 
Howard Van Deusen, is a teacher of wide 
experience, and has associated with him 
the best specialists to be found. There is ev¬ 
ery prospect that the future growth of this 
business institution will be more remark¬ 
able than even in its present rapid strides. 



EASTERN COLORED SCHOOL 








































































































BRICK! BRICK! BRICK! 


BUILDING BRICK is our 
specialty, and when you are 
ready for figures on that new 
building, or need some to re¬ 
pair the old one, call us up 
and we will quote you prices 


SEVEN HILLS BRICK CO. 

HOME PHONE 3S6 



JACOB EBERHART, President. D. B. WHITELEY, V.-Pres. and Sec’y- JOHN VOLLMAN, Gen’I Manager. JAS. H. PARRISH, Treasurer 


VOLLMAN BUGGY BODY CO. 

(INCORPORATED) 

OWENSBORO, - KENTUCKY. 

Postoffiee and Paotory Docated in Seven Mills, Ky. 

VOLLMAN INTERLOCK DOVETAIL BODIES. 



NO MORE SPREADING OF BODIES 
AT TOP OR CORNERS. 


NO PLUGS SHOWING AT CORNERS 
OR ON SIDES. 

A Body that is far more Durable and 
about the same price as the old Screwed 
and Plugged Body. Examine the drawings 
and write us for information as to price of 
Bodies or Shop Rights. 



Showing the body from top locking down 
in same, the miter of corners and dovetail on 
corner posts. The corner post is shoved in 
place from top of body and sets firmly on top 
of sill, after being glued in place and thor¬ 
oughly dry, a 2 % inch screw is driven from 
the bottom up through the sill and into the 
corner post, thus making a corner that is prac¬ 
tically indestructible. 



Showing locking of Seat 
Frame and panel dovetailed 
to seat post, also the seat riser 
being tongued and grooved in 
top of panel, the most sub¬ 
stantial way to attach these. 



Showing the lock of seat 
frame at top of body. It is 
impossible for the body to 
spread at top. 



Showing the dovetail of 
panel on seat post. 


In submitting this to you for your consideration 
we beg to state that all material entering into its 
construction is first-class and the workmanship 
unsurpassed. Patent applied for. 

This Body is no experiment, has been thoroughly 
tested and proved entirely satisfactory in every 
wav. We would be pleased, to send you a sample 
body subject to your approval. 


ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF THE REGULAR PLUG BODY 































































SEVEN HILLS, KENTUCKY 


“In the Spring Time , Gentle Annie 

Spring of 1900—Spring of 1903. 

THREE SHORT YEARS. 




J UST a few things have happened in Seven Hills since the 
illustrated souvenir edition of Owensboro and Seven 
Hills, Ky., was issued in the spring of 1900. 

We notice two manufacturing concerns then, Seven Hills 
Brick Co. and J. M. Case Mill Works. Now we have six fac¬ 
tories, all of them running and shipping goods to all parts of 
the world. Among them are the Price Furniture Co., Owens¬ 
boro Chamber Suite Co., Lees Machine Works, Hoagland 
Buggy Co. and Vollman Buggy Body Co., working in all 
about 150 hands. We also have in Seven Hills a Chautauqua, 
having 32 acres of beautiful grounds and lagoon, with steel 
auditorium, having seating capacity for six thousand people; 
administration building, Cumber¬ 
land, Baptist and Methodist Church 
buildings, as well as other attractive 
park features. 

We had three homes in Seven 
Hills in the spring of 1900—Mr. Geo. 

Sandefur, John Daniels and a ten¬ 
ant house for Mose Webb. Now, 
in the spring of 1903, we have one 
church, Third Baptist Mission, hav¬ 
ing a seating capacity of about 400; 
store and postoffice run by J. T. 

Hubbard; fine two-room brick school 


house, two districts combined, with 
about 110 scholars; Seven Hills Li¬ 
brary Building; the enterprise of 
the Seven Hills ladies; 66 homes; 
278 people; the bungalows and four 
gables, the summer home of the 
Parrishes, with room for 50 people. 

The outlook for Seven Hills is 
very flattering. New people are 
purchasing lots and some are build¬ 
ing. A new addition to Seven Hills 
has been added—fifty-five acres of 
the Morrison farm, which has been 
divided into lots, upon which four houses have been built 
and sold. 



It is expected that many strangers will visit Chautauqua 
this year and camp on the grounds. A great many Owens¬ 
boro people will build cottages in and around Chautauqua 
grounds, in which they will summer. The lake is to be 
enlarged for a gasoline launch, to be run on it for pleasure 
parties. 

The name of Seven Hills has been made famous by 
the list of celebrated people who were on the Chautauqua 
programme of last year. Nearly a page, with illustrations 
of Seven Hills views, and a splendid sketch by Dr. Munsell, 
was published in the London Times. 

It is confidently expected that large numbers will come 
to Owensboro and Seven Hills to enjoy the many advantages 
that are offered to residents, and purchase homes. 





















SLEET SCENE JANUARY, 1902—ODD FELLOW’S BUILDING 






































LEES MACHINE WORKS 


Among the enterprising concerns of Owensboro we claim to 
stand in the front rank. 

We make no claim of being the largest, or the best plant of the 
kind in the country, but we do claim to do anything that any other 
Machine Shop can do, and do it as well as any concern of the kind 
in the country. 

We are handling the best line of goods to be found anywhere, 
and we are making the price that brings us the trade. 

On Engines and Boilers, we represent some of the best manu¬ 
facturers known to the trade, and can make prices on any size from 
the largest to the smallest. 


We carry a full line of Steam, Gas, and Water fittings, as well 
as everything in Brass Goods. 

No concern is better equipped on Belting, Hose, Rubber or 
Hemp Packing, Steam or Water Guages, in fact if there is anything 
we haven’t got, we know where to get it mighty quick and at the 
right price too. 

We do all kinds of Iron and Brass Casting, and carry all the 
ordinary sizes of Grate Bars, and Sash Weights. 

Let us figure on your next order. 

Lees Machine Works, Owensboro, Kentucky 



“BUNGALOW” SEVEN HILLS 






























A PLEASANT HOME 



RESIDENCE OF JNO. DANIEL 





























PRICE FURNITURE MANUFACTURING 






COMPANY 






OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 



This Company was 
organized and incor¬ 
porated in 1900, by 
Edwin B. Price, 
Joseph C. Price, 
James H. Parrish, 
A. J. Williams, 

J. Ed. Gunther, 

J. N. Grady and 
John G. Delker. 

The management of 
this Corporation is 
with E. B. and J. C. 
Price (who have had 
life long experience 
in furniture) to¬ 
gether with Jas. H. 
Parrish and John 
G. Delker as direc¬ 
tors and counselors. 





The Buildings are 
located in “Seven 
Hills” on the Illinois 
Central Railway. 
The factory (includ¬ 
ing the boiler and 
engine rooms) is 
200 x 60 feet, three 
stories high, with 
dry kilns and other 
necessary buildings 
for manufacturing 

and shipping fur¬ 
niture. 


PRICE FURNITURE FACTORY 

ONE OF SEVEN HILLS LEADING INDUSTRIES 



-MANUFACTURERS OF- 

FINE AND MEDIUM PARLOR AND LIBRARY TABLES 

DINING AND KITCHEN TABLES 
OAK AND HARDWOOD BEDS 


The Furniture is Sold in Nearly Every 
State in the United States- 


The Export Trade to England, Germany, 
Holland, South Africa, Cuba and other points 
is quite extensive and is growing each year 
































































CHAUTAUQUA PARK AUDITORIUM—Seating Capacity 6,000 



CHAUTAUQUA PARK 















Hoagland Buggy Company 

IN CORPORA TED 

= Owensboro, Kentucky = 



Cut No. 500 


THIS IS THE BUGGY 


That has made the Hoagland Buggy Company well known 
as Manufacturers of High Grade Buggies 


Write Us 


HOAGLAND BUGGY COMPANY 












































ANOTHER VIEW OF CHAUTAUQUA PARK 



SUBURBAN CORNER OF OWENSBORO 



























THE OWENSBORO MESSENGER 



J. W. MOBBERLY 

TREASURER 


UREY WOODSON 

PRESIDENT AND GEN’L MANAGER 


B. W. FUQUA 

SECRETARY AND BUSINESS MANAGER 


F OR more than a quarter of a century the Owensboro Messenger 
has led all papers of the state outside of Louisville, and on 
more than one notable occasion it has proven to be a better local 
paper than even the leading metropolitan paper of Louisville. As 
a Democratic paper it has never wavered in its support of true 
Democracy and the nominees of the party. In this respect the 
Messenger is without a peer in the state. When the party was in 
its sorest need, and deserted by the influential papers of Louisville, 
the Messenger only redoubled its energies and the expense of its 
publication and thus secured a wide reaching circulation and a 
strong hold on the Democrats of the state, which it has never lost 
and which it never proposes to lose. 

The twice-a-week edition of the Messenger goes to every 
county in the state where Democrats abound, and the Daily Mes¬ 
senger goes in large numbers to a great majority of homes in 
Daviess, McLean, Hancock and Ohio counties, and in no small 
quantities to at least one hundred counties in the state and to some 
counties in other states. 

As an advertising medium its greater merits are well adver¬ 
tised by its every issue. Its columns are crowded with well ex¬ 


pressed advertisements of the best business men of Owensboro and 
of the best business interests of the whole country that advertise in 
papers of its class. 

The Messenger, while receiving well merited recognition as a 
political paper far and near, is peculiarly a local paper, and it is 
for this reason that it is so generally subscribed for and read in 
nine-tenths of the homes in Owensboro and vicinity, having also a 
very large number of subscribers on the six rural free delivery 
routes starting from Owensboro. Its chronicle of local happenings 
of every description is full and authentically reported. Its tele¬ 
graphic service is admirable. The freshest news of the whole 
world is served to its readers every morning in the year, Monday 
alone excepted. Besides the regular Associated Press service, 
which the Messenger has exclusively for its territory, it also has 
special facilities for getting the very latest news from Louisville, 
New York City and other great news centers. Its corps of local 
writers and correspondents is unexcelled anywhere. 

The above are but a few of the many reasons why the Messen¬ 
ger is without a rival in the state as a genuine Democratic paper, 
and the leading newspaper in the state outside of Louisville. 


RATES $1.00 PER DAY Absolute Satisfaction Guaranteed 

Enterprise Hotel 

CHAS. F. CANS & BRO ., Proprietors 


Special Rates to Regular Boarders Telephone Main 1926 


234-242 EAST MARKET STREET 

BETWEEN BROOK AND FLOYD STREETS 


LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 




























OWENSBORO WATER WORKS CO. 



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RAILROADS 


The Louisville & Nashville 
Railroad Company. 

/ HERE you find an enlightened and prosperous community, 
^ ' there look for liberal and progressive railroads. Owensboro 
is prosperous and enlightened. Of her three railroads, one is the 
Louisville & Nashville, which, over its own rails, reaches most of 
the important points in the South—Cincinnati to New Orleans and 
St. Louis to Pensacola. 

It performs the promptest and most reliable freight service on 
through bills of lading to all parts of the United States, Canada 
and Mexico, to the principal cities of Europe, to Cuba, Central 
America and South Africa. 

And the rates accorded to 
Owensboro are as low as 
those enjoyed by any com¬ 
munity in the United States, 
location considered. Its ex¬ 
port service through Pensa¬ 
cola, where it has estab¬ 
lished modern and com¬ 
modious facilities, including 
a half million bushel grain 
elevator, is in connection 
with regular sailings to 
Liverpool, Bremen, Ham¬ 
burg, Antwerp, Genoa and 
South African ports. 

Its passenger service is 
second to none for safety, 
comfort and dispatch. The 
trains on its main lines carry the most modern Pullman sleepers, 
luxurious free reclining chair cars, and dining cars of the most 

approved design and handsomest materials and appointments. To 
the dining car service the management has devoted careful atten¬ 
tion ; the service, exclusively a la carte, is equal to that of first-class 
hotels, and the prices are reasonable. The traveler from Owens¬ 
boro, after a short ride to Henderson on the one hand, or Louisville 
on the other, can avail of such facilities as above described, on fast 
and reliable through schedules, to Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, 
Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Pensacola, Jacksonville, 
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, New York, etc. 
The winter service to Florida points and to the resorts on the line 
of the Louisville & Nashville between Mobile and New Orleans, 


such as Ocean Springs, Biloxi, Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis, 
is sumptuous. The Chicago and Florida Limited is a gas-lighted, 
steam-heated, solid through train, running daily between Chicago 
and St. Augustine, Florida, with through sleeping cars between 
Louisville and Thomasville and between St. Louis and Tampa. It 
carries a dining car and a Pullman observation sleeping car, 
equipped with library, writing desk and the principal periodicals. 
It is not exaggeration to say that travel on this train is a pleasure 
in itself. This train passes Evansville, going south, in the evening 
at 8:38, and going north, in the morning at 8:15. The Thomas¬ 
ville sleeper leaves Louisville at three o’clock in the afternoon and 
returning arrives there at 12:35 midday. 

It has always been the policy of the Louisville and Nashville 

Railroad Company to keep 
its physical property up to 
the highest standard of ex¬ 
cellence. Its rolling stock, 
right-of-way and terminal 
facilities, including passen¬ 
ger and freight station 
buildings, are by frequent 
renewals and constant su¬ 
pervision maintained in a 
state of approximate per¬ 
fection. 

“Mens sana in sano 
corpore.” Probably no other 
road is officered and manned 
more largely by those who 
have grown up in the ser¬ 
vice than is the Louisville 
& Nashville. The result is 
prompt service and minimum liability to accident. Especially in 
the last year, when the unprecedented traffic of the country has so 
seriously taxed, and at times blockaded, many roads of great re¬ 
sources, the Louisville & Nashville, its trained corps of officers and 
men working at tremendous pressure but with fine precision, has 
been able to perform wonders in handling the enormous volume of 
traffic offering and taking care of the industries dependent on it for 
transportation. 

C. B. COMPTON, Traffic Manager 

D. M. GOODWYN, General Freight Agent 

C. R. BRENT, Ass’t General Freight Agent 
C. D. BOYD, Ass’t General Freight Agent 
J. A. BYWATER, Foreign Freight Agent 

W. C. HUSTON, Div. Freight and Pass. Agent 
C. L. STONE, General Passenger Agent 

J. A. B01 T D, Ass’t General Passenger Agent 
G. A. PARK, General Industrial Agent 
R. S. HUGHES, Contracting Agent 



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Illinois Central Railroad 
Company. 

jVjOTHING shows the growth and expansion of a city or com- 
1 ^ munity more than does the business of a railroad entering the 
place. Since the advent of the Illinois Central Railroad into 
Owensboro, dating back six or seven years, the increase of the local 
gross receipts of the company has been nothing short of phenomi- 
nal. The auditor’s report for 1898 shows an increase of 12 per cent, 
over the year previous. In 1899 the increase was 13 per cent., in 


1900, 15 per cent., in 1901, 17 per cent., and in 1902, 18 per cent. 
Since the first year of the road entering Owensboro the reports 
show that the gross earnings have increased about 100 per cent. 
With this increase, the Illinois Central company, in ke ;ping with 
its custom of aiding in the development of any city or country 
through which it passes, has done its part. The road has wonder¬ 
fully increased its facilities for handling the business and affording 
accommodations to the patronizing public. Its service here has 
always been satisfactory and it is always foremost in the van of 
progress. The benefits of this road to Owensboro can hardly be 
computed. 


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